Justin Trudeau’s inaction has global consequences

As the highest-ranking politician, it is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s duty to act. We expect our leaders to have more problem-solving capacity than he has demonstrated so far.

Another nation—the United States, no less—has had to step in to urge Justin Trudeau's government to use federal powers to intervene in the ongoing demonstrations and blockages of major trade arteries like the Ambassador's Bridge which joins Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Michigan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

February 14, 2022

Almost two weeks after a collection of disgruntled truckers, anti-vaxxers, seditious white supremacists, and other chaos-seekers began their occupation of Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he had “convened an Incident Response Group meeting with ministers and officials.” “We’l...

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