Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poièvre told reporters on Sunday that he was “very sick” to see left-leaning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tour President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion. He lamented Prime Minister Trudeau's “weakness” and said that Prime Minister Trudeau has been sworn in as the next president. “I lost control”
Prime Minister Trudeau made the decision on Friday following an explosive message posted by President Trump on his social media website Truth Social last week in which he pledged to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products. In the evening, he visited Florida for a surprise dinner with President Trump. Mass immigration and drug trafficking. The message caused alarm in Canada, Send It accounts for approximately 77% of exports to the United States.
In Mexico, left-leaning President Claudia Sheinbaum countered Trump by threatening to impose her own tariffs on U.S. goods, and ultimately held a phone conversation with Trump to ease tensions between the two countries. However, Prime Minister Trudeau did not immediately comment on the issue, later claiming that he had “the following opinions.”It's a good phone'' Politicians to the Prime Minister's left and right feared that the Prime Minister was not taking the issue seriously enough.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Trudeau said their meeting in Florida was productive, but provided few details about the agreement, and as a result, Mr. Poièvre told reporters that he did not secure any results for Canada. I lamented.
“I'm a critic of Mr. Trudeau, but I felt very bad that he took such a weak position,” Poièvre said Sunday. “Usually when a prime minister goes to the United States to meet the president, they're trying to make a profit. What results have we gotten from Mr. Trudeau? Nothing, he's trying to minimize his losses. I’m just trying.”
“All Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is proposing is to minimize losses,” he continued. “This is the result of a weak prime minister who has lost control. He has lost control of his borders, he has lost control of immigration, he has lost control of crime and drugs, he has lost control of his economy.”
“Canadians are paying a terrible price for everything Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has destroyed,” he concluded.
Trudeau arrived in Florida on Friday night and attended a dinner with the president-elect along with a small group of ministers, including Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who called it a “very warm and cordial meeting.” I commented.
“The mutual respect and warmth between the two leaders was very evident,” LeBlanc said in an interview after the meeting.
Prime Minister Trudeau posted a photo of himself and President Trump on his social media accounts, thanking him for the welcome and adding, “I look forward to working together again.”
President Trump said in his own social media message Saturday that his meeting with the Canadian leader was “very productive.”
President Trump spoke about the many important issues that our two countries need to work together to address, including the fentanyl and drug crisis that has taken many lives as a result of illegal immigration, and fair trade that does not put American workers at risk. We talked,” he wrote. , and the huge trade deficit the United States has with Canada. ”
“I have made it clear that the United States can no longer stand by and watch our people fall victim to the scourge of this drug epidemic, caused primarily by drug cartels and fentanyl coming from China,” he added. Ta. “Too much death and suffering!”
Prime Minister Trudeau was home by Saturday morning. of gloves and mail noticed Mr. Trump and Mr. Trudeau both evaluated the meeting positively, but Mr. Trudeau responded, “There is no guarantee that Mr. Trump will eliminate the tariffs.''
In late November, President Trump promised to impose 25% tariffs on both Canada and Mexico.
“On January 20th, one of my first of many executive orders required Mexico and Canada to impose a 25% tariff on all products imported into the United States and their ridiculous border opening. “I will sign all the documents that will be taken into account,” he claimed on Truth Social. . “These tariffs will remain in effect until we stop drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal aliens from invading our country!”
“Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to simply resolve this long-simmering issue. We hereby demand that they exercise this power,” he said. concluded, “And until they do, it's time for them to pay a very dear price!”
Unsurprisingly, Mr. Poièvre was the Canadian politician most critical of Trudeau's visit to Mar-a-Lago, but over the weekend several Canadian regional leaders expressed their desire for firm leadership from Ottawa. In the absence of the state, they indicated their intention to independently pursue the economic interests of each state.
“We are telling the American people that we are the solution to energy security. We are the solution to energy affordability,” said Alberta Premier Daniel Smith. said on Sunday, lamenting the heavy taxes on fossil fuels imposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. “When you layer in additional taxes and production caps, you can’t get that message on the table.”
According to Canada's Global News, she added, “We have to have a consistent message, and part of that is to take a little bit of a step back from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some of the bad policies he's put in place over the last few years.” We will be cornered,” he added. .
British Columbia Premier David Eby said: said In response to the original Truth Social post, reporters said the state would seek independent “opportunities” to trade with the United States and, if possible, waive the proposed 25% tariff.
“We're going to continue working to expand these trading opportunities,” he promised, adding that British Columbia's previous efforts to explore other markets outside the U.S. “are definitely the right direction.” “Given the situation, we will also explore other markets.'' Southern instability [Canadian] border. “
Ontario has already started advertising campaign For a market separate from the rest of Canada. Premier Doug Ford launched an advertising campaign worth tens of millions of dollars to highlight Ontario as an “important trading partner” that appears independent of the rest of Canada, Global News reported Saturday. started.
