Monsef used her time in the press conference to speak directly to the Taliban and pleaded with them to end the violence, saying: “I want to take this opportunity to speak with our brothers, the Taliban. We call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the country.”
Commenting on the situation, Trudeau delivered the following message, saying that MP Monsef had “expressed her views.” End of statement.
In a morning briefing on Afghanistan, Maryam Monsef, Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality called the Taliban her “brothers” and asked them to allow Canadians to get to the Kabul airport in order to leave the country. After facing heavy criticism, Monsef is defending herself on the grounds that she used “brothers” in a cultural context.
As a Canadian who moved to this country as an Afghan refugee, I want to be very clear, there is no cultural context in which calling the Taliban “brothers” is acceptable. Words carry meaning, and meanings imply moral positions.
Chinese state-owned shipbuilder tapped to supply ferry for Crown corporation as Canadians remain jailed
A huge state-owned shipyard in China is building a 1,000-passenger ferry for use by a federal Crown corporation over the objections of Canada’s shipbuilding industry and at a time when two Canadians have spent 989 days in Chinese prisons as victims of what Ottawa has called “hostage diplomacy.”
… Colin Cooke, president of the Canadian Marine Industries and Shipbuilding Association, said he finds it “very difficult to stomach” that the federal contract was approved when Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are incarcerated in China. They have spent 989 days in Chinese prisons with the lights on 24 hours a day.
Mr. Cooke also questioned whether Marine Atlantic’s competitive procurement process was fair, because Stena North Sea can take advantage of China’s heavily subsidized shipping industry to reduce expenses. He said a cost-effective solution could have been found to build the ferry in Canada.
“The vessels could be built stem to stern by Canadian facilities, by Canadian workers for Canadian use,” Mr. Cooke said. “We have the design know-how. We’ve got the components manufacturing and we have the yards.”
Canada’s China class at work
Despite repeated government pledges that Canada would rescue imperiled interpreters and other Afghans who worked for this country, only a small fraction of them are being airlifted out of Kabul, say advocates for the local employees.
Early indications are that some Canadians are wising up to the fact that Trudeau will say literally anything to hold on to power. Will this be his long overdue accountability moment?
Canada’s latest Kabul rescue effort has left those trying to flee the embattled city wondering why they’re being left to fend for themselves in the Taliban-controlled city.
“This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset,” Trudeau said last November. “This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.”
h/t Marvin
Canadians across the political spectrum need to research the past electoral history in their ridings, and ensure Liberal candidates lose at the polls.
It began in Cobourg, Ontario, before moving forward to Aurora, Ontario. Not that the phenomenon is limited to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tour of his “voter base” in Canada’s most populous province.
On the fringes of British Columbia, a crowd went ballistic on Trudeau, chanting derogatory terms like they are going out of style. Throughout these daily developments, one can’t help but notice a recurring phenomenon.
Witness as masked man Justin Trudeau whispers not a word to the crowd. Instead, he makes what has become a typical mad dash to the security of his campaign bus.
Independent Canadian MP Derek Sloan has called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s politicization of COVID-19 vaccines as a “criminal” election ploy.
“It’s clear that the Liberals will say or do anything to win a few votes and Justin Trudeau just a few months ago called vaccine passports a divisive issue. It is clear that they are willing to turn on a dime to anything, to gain them power,” Sloan told LifeSiteNews.
Speaking to reporters at a campaign stop in Winnipeg, where he announced new sick pay benefits, Trudeau said “protecting Canadians is job one of the government,” and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole’s pledge to make the unvaccinated take rapid tests rather than shots is a “mistake” that threatens public health.
As reported on Wednesday, Trudeau shrugged off a question about rising inflation rates by giving a nonsensical answer that avoided answering the question directly.
“If my family get executed or any other family get executed, know that you have their blood on your hands,” she said.
“The only person who is going to be responsible for the murder, merciless murder of the interpreters in Afghanistan, that will be only — and only — the leader of this country and that’s going to be Justin Trudeau.”
In the world of political speak — double-talk, if you prefer — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not say, unequivocally, that his government would never recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan.
