Trudeau’s grand African adventure the Fyre Festival of Security Council campaigns

Canada has not been good to Africa and goes to the continent with either its hands out, or its fingers waving, as Trudeau has been wont to do with African countries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet, including Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Families Minister Ahmed Hussen, took a trip to the African continent last week, pretending it exists now that they want countries’ support for a UN Security Council seat, writes Erica Ifill. Twitter photograph by Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

February 19, 2020

OTTAWA—Canada is the student who doesn’t want to do any of the readings or assignments but thinks it deserves an “A” at the University of the United Nations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Africa last week to campaign for a two-year, rotating seat on the UN Security Council. The last...

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