Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's many woes include accusations of sexism, and the self-described “proud feminist” resigned from his cabinet this week rather than accept a humiliating demotion. He tried to shift the blame for his policy failures onto Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poièvre was quick to point out Trudeau's “hypocrisy.”
“Blame Chrystia Freeland and let her wear it all. There are feminists too,” says Poièvre. snorted at a press conference on Tuesday.
“In the same week that Prime Minister Trudeau insulted the American people by not electing a woman president, he was busy throwing his own female deputy prime minister under the bus and replacing her with a man. “I can't do that,” he said.
Poièvre was referring to Prime Minister Trudeau. strange rant At a “gender representation” celebration in Ottawa on Dec. 10, Canada's prime minister slammed American voters for handing Vice President Kamala Harris a crushing defeat. Although Harris is nominally a woman, her party does not hold her as a member. biologist This is to prove that fact.
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“We were supposed to be making difficult but steady progress toward progress, and yet just a few weeks ago the United States failed to elect its first female president for the second time,” Trudeau said in Ottawa. ,” he is believed to have whined in Ottawa. This is in response to Donald Trump's 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, who is nominally a woman.
in canada exactly one She was the first female Prime Minister and served in office for only six months in 1993.
“Everywhere, women's rights and women's progress are under attack, both overtly and subtly. I want you to know that I am, and always will be, a proud feminist. Me and I We'll always have an ally in the government of the United States,'' Trudeau declared a week before his public announcement. scapegoat He criticized the female deputy prime minister and forced her to accept a humiliating demotion.
Freeland I wrote His blistering resignation letter to Trudeau accused him of using “expensive political maneuvers” to stay in power as his popularity waned. She accused Trudeau of taking the wrong approach in dealing with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. blackmailed Flatten tariffs on Canadian imports unless Canada improves border security.
Although Prime Minister Freeland did not explicitly condemn Trudeau's sexism in her resignation letter, CBC News cited conservative female MPs who joined Poièvre in condemning Trudeau's hypocrisy: It was reported as follows.
Prominent Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner questioned how women in her caucus could “protect that guy instead of calling an election right now,” but Alberta Prime Minister Daniel Smith said Trudeau needs to start proving himself if he's going to keep saying “this is who I am.” I'm very supportive of women. ”
Rep. Melissa Lanzman referred to “old boys' clubs” as being responsible.
“Now is the time for leadership that can be trusted in the seriousness of this moment, rather than this quack prime minister's fake feminism,” said Lanzmann, who represents the Conservative party in Thornhill's party.
Selina Caesar Chavannes, a former Liberal MP who left Trudeau's party in 2019 to become an independent, recalled how Trudeau became “hostile” towards her, and Freeland said she was “on the bus”. She pointed out that she is just the latest in a series of women who have been thrown under the rug. I'm challenging someone named Trudeau. ”
“This is a time of leadership for Canadians. Leaders who decide every time someone challenges them about something they have the authority to say, such as economics, that they're going to throw it away, say we've had enough.” 'I have to,' '' she said.
of national post office on tuesday Found Liberal MPs rally around Freeland to question Prime Minister Trudeau's feminist profession. Many of them noted that Mr. Freeland is more popular and respected within the party than Mr. Trudeau at this time. Several female Liberal members expressed complete discomfort discussing Trudeau and Freeland's outburst.
Prime Minister Trudeau had already faced pressure Opinion polls show the Conservatives are on track to suffer a 20-point defeat in the next election if the unpopular prime minister remains in power. Freeland's resignation has plunged Trudeau's government into crisis, with leaders of allied parties saying they will no longer vote to protect him from a vote of no confidence.
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Canadian feminists discovered that Prime Minister Trudeau's plan to survive his dispute with Freeland included her accepting the demotion gracefully and agreeing to sit quietly in future cabinet meetings. Looks like it's starting.
Poilievre is not a fan of Freeland, and on Tuesday accused him of helping Trudeau “double the national debt” by amassing “more debt than all previous prime ministers combined.” However, he felt this showed that even the finance minister, who spends a lot of money, is thinking about Trudeau's latest policies. There was too much binge eating.
“As we were getting close to the fall update, he grabbed the steering wheel all the way and jerked it to the left, causing the bus to crash through the guardrail and fall off a cliff. And before it all started, he drove to Freeland. “I thought I'd blame him,” Poièvre said.
Conservative leaders have dismissed Trudeau's government as a “ridiculous clown show of chaos” made to look even more insincere by the prime minister's feminist hypocrisy. Like many critics, he feared Trudeau was too lighthearted to take on hardline President Donald Trump.
“President Trump has made it clear he wants our jobs and our money. Justin Trudeau's chaotic clown show will only help him figure it out. We need the backbone and the brains and We need strong leaders to negotiate,” he said.
