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Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada have become so despised after nine years in power that only a quarter of the electorate is considering voting for him. Yet, despite the many current problems in Canada, Trudeau continues to prioritise external matters, such as Ukraine and Sikh separatism in India.
“His failings hold lessons for liberals the world over,” said the British newspaper The Economist in an article titled “Justin Trudeau is wrecking Canada’s liberal dream.”
After losing the support of its government ally, the New Democratic Party, and being defeated in two by-elections, the Liberal Party fears that a plan to increase its vote share is not being considered. The outlet claimed that a letter is circulating among Liberal MPs calling on Justin Trudeau to resign from his post as Prime Minister.
Canadians, who supported him in 2015 to come to power and backed his re-election in 2019 and 2021, are turning against his government.
Housing prices are “central” to understanding the prime minister’s downfall. According to the newspaper, the cost of buying a home has increased by 66% since Justin Trudeau took office, and the lack of supply is particularly acute in Canada.
Mike Moffatt, a housing economist quoted by The Economist, said a “wartime effort” is needed to triple the pace of construction to achieve 5.8 million homes built over the next ten years.
The media outlet added that the large number of migrants arriving in the United States during the administration of the liberal prime minister has aggravated the crisis in the demand for housing.
“Demand for housing from the large number of immigrants who arrived during Mr Trudeau’s decade in power has worsened the crunch,” The Economist reported.
However, the health and education systems are also being affected by the growth in the number of foreign workers, which rose from 109,000 in 2018 to around 240,000 in 2023.
In addition, the number of non-permanent residents, including students and asylum seekers, increased to more than 3 million as of last July, according to the British outlet.
“Canada suffers from laggardly productivity growth,” the Economist said, adding that this situation is exacerbated by a mediocre economy in the United States. The slowdown in productivity growth is holding back wages, and although investment has been “strong” in oil and gas fields, it has been “overshadowed” elsewhere.
The outlet noted that rather than “adapting to or confronting challenges thrown up by his policies,” Trudeau “has preferred to attack his critics” and “seemed inert as the erosion of his party’s support has accelerated.” As a result, “too many” Canadians have “forsaken” the prime minister and the causes he “stood for.”
Yet, even with Canada gripped by a housing and cost-of-living crisis, Trudeau has been unrelenting in his support for Ukraine, recently signing the Fourth Additional Agreement for CA$400 million.
“Canada is one of the leaders in supporting Ukraine and a strategic partner that has provided significant assistance since the first days of the full-scale invasion. Direct budgetary support since February 2022 has reached more than US$5 billion. I am grateful to the Government and citizens of Canada for their solidarity with Ukraine and their crucial contribution to the stability of Ukraine’s financial system,” said Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko on October 11.
It is recalled that last month, Trudeau championed Ukraine’s efforts to receive approval to use NATO-provided long-range weaponry to strike deep into Russian territory.
“[Canada fully supports Ukraine using long-range weaponry to] prevent and interdict Russia’s continued ability to degrade Ukrainian civilian infrastructure,” he said on September 13.
At the same time, Canada’s relations with India have soured once again, with both countries expelling diplomats on October 14 as part of the escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh separatist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada. Trudeau claims that the Indian government is behind Nijjar’s assassination but has yet to offer any evidence.
The pro-Khalistan, or Sikh independence, has been the main issue between Canada and India, with Indian authorities repeatedly highlighting that the Trudeau government offers a safe haven for what New Delhi recognises as terrorists. Sikhs comprise nearly 2% of Canada’s population, and community members have taken up prominent positions in the country, including politics, and for this reason, they are an important voter constituency.
India’s Foreign Minister said in a statement on October 14, “The Government of India strongly rejects these preposterous imputations and ascribes them to the political agenda of the Trudeau Government that is centred around vote bank politics,” adding that Trudeau’s Government depended on “a political party, whose leader openly espouses a separatist ideology vis-à-vis India” and was also responsible for “aggravating matters.”
Trudeau certainly wrecked Canada’s liberal dream, with a big part attributed to prioritising lost causes for foreign countries rather than dealing with domestic issues. As Canada has become unaffordable for the average citizen, he has instead sought to challenge Russia through the Ukrainian proxy and is missing out on valuable trade with India to defend a vote bank recognised as terrorists by New Delhi. These priorities have come at the price of not only ruined external relations but also the impoverishment of Canadian citizens.
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wreck canada 🇨🇦, wreck the usa 🇺🇸, wreck europe, & destroy the world is the goal of the wef/ nwo..!! they call it build back better bbb..!
that was the motto baroness thatcher employed when as the queens prime minister she made the first ever historic political visit to america uniting anglo ametican ideology with ronny mc donald reagan to build the world again and to build back better. in 1984. right on cue. they preceded wef which is run by the pope.
canucks are in denial but the king of england owns canada and can dismiss parliment at any time. trudeau serves as a royal pet giving canucks grand illusions of some sort of freedom.
that’s right and if you look at the queen’s first ever televised christmas message you will see she makes it clear that she owns canadians they are her property by rule of law not just canada but her canadians. and she knew canadians are not church of england except in alberta they are catholics, but she still knew she owned them nonetheless
whereas here in aus although the governor generals “acknowledge” chatles as head of state and king of australia its all very very shady imo. for a start they aren’t priests and so don’t have the power to make him king. they are in fact public servants and ministers in a way of the crown anyway. so it’s circular. .
but they are generals so military powers are incorporated but that’s still not any supernatural power of a priest class which is requirement to annoint anyone as a sovereign by rule if law. as far as i’m aware. its all very very dodgy. really
the simultaneous and consistency of the appearance of similar ideas and the absurdity of these ideas indicate a single source that being the uk rpyal family the usa ,canada, australia with varying degrees of government capture by the british empire.
trustin jewdough: bastard son of fidel castro and his whore mommy margaret sinclair
when he’s not busy fucking up canada, he likes to play dress up…lol
i’ve always used rhyming slang of dustbin trousseau for his wedding with the…
south america epitomises catholic role, canada both church and crown combined. that’s the reality. the plan is to incorporate north america aka the us. simple. carnival preceded gay pride. trudea precedes castro.
“their crucial contribution to the stability of ukraine’s financial system,” means funneling taxpayers $$$ into corrupt ukrainian oligarchs.