Tag: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Trudeau Meets With Counterparts on Day 1 of Summit of the Americas

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers are in the United States to attend the Summit of the Americas, where they will join other world leaders to discuss upgrading continental defences against threats from China and Russia, among other issues. On June 8, Trudeau will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden in Los Angeles,…


Law Prof Hopes Public Pressure, Legal Action Will Bring Disclosure on Emergencies Act

News Analysis Questions regarding how the Liberal government decided to use the Emergencies Act deserve answers, says a Canadian law professor, who hopes that legal action and public pressure will bring disclosure. In an interview with The Epoch Times, Ryan Alford, a law professor at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., said the requests for…


Narrative and Ideological Warfare:  The Ongoing Battle between Liberty and Authoritarianism

“It’s a war over narrative,” says Maajid Nawaz,” “and whoever gets to define the narratives around world events gets to define how those events are perceived and how we respond to them.” In this episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek and Maajid Nawaz, author of “Radical: My Journey out of  Islamist Extremism,” discuss,…


Making Canada Dependent on Foreign Energy When We’re an Energy-Rich Country Is Ludicrous

Commentary Energy analysts and business leaders have been warning North Americans and Europeans about declining energy security for years. Western nations have spent the last decade obsessed with developing renewable energy resources while shutting down their own conventional energy resource development under the assumption that a great transition would happen. Canada shut down the Northern…


Trudeau’s Suspension of Civil Rights for a Non-Existent Emergency an Embarrassing Chapter in Canadian History

Commentary The invocation of the Emergencies Act—a modern-day version of the War Measures Act—was the action of a federal government in total disarray and panic. There was no pressing emergency facing the population of Canada. The only person experiencing an emergency was Prime Minister Trudeau as he watched his credibility and support as a national…


Why I Donated to the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy

The author of this letter wishes to keep their name private due to fear of reprisal or doxxing because they donated to the Freedom Convoy. Thousands of people and hundreds of trucks from across Canada recently came to Ottawa to ask the government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the restrictions now placed…


Trudeau Doubles Down on Use of Emergencies Act After Ottawa Protest Cleared

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government will continue pursuing the Emergencies Act even though the protesters have now been largely cleared from downtown Ottawa and the blockades at several Canada-U.S. border crossings were cleared and had been reopened since before the act was invoked. At a press conference on Feb. 21, Trudeau used pointed language…


Jewish Tory MP Demands Apology After Trudeau Says Her Party Stands With People Waving Swastikas

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau caused a tumult on Feb. 16 during question period as he responded to a Conservative MP who is Jewish by saying her party stands with people waving swastikas. Trudeau was asked to apologize repeatedly but he did not. MP Melissa Lantsman used her time in question period to contrast words said…


Trudeau Fanning Protest Flames By Invoking the Emergency Act

Commentary Canada has been wracked with growing anti-mandate protests since the truckers’ Freedom Convoy descended on Ottawa over three weeks ago. The government and legacy media initially tried to ignore the growing convoy. As the convoy gained steam and interest across the nation while it moved through city after city towards Ottawa, the government tried…


Dissenting MPs Could Mean Liberal Caucus Is Preparing for a Leadership Ouster

Commentary Conservative politicians tend to break ranks and take stances contrary to their own party leadership quite regularly. Toward the end of Erin O’Toole’s tenure as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, MPs within his own caucus were speaking out about his leadership constantly. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney can’t seem to make it…