How Justin Trudeau (and Canada) Differ From Joe Biden (and the U.S.)
By David Solway
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has been much in the news of late, vying for attention with the American president. Although both have earned widespread disrespect, Biden for his costly gaffes and Trudeau for his native hypocrisy, a blunderer like Biden is obviously a far more significant figure on the world stage than a dandiprat like Trudeau. But there are disproportionate differences in their national effectiveness that favor Trudeau.
Biden is a loose cannon; Trudeau is a Black Ops sniper. Biden is doddering and obviously cognitively impaired; Trudeau is relatively young and fit and knows what he is doing. Biden’s tenure as president is increasingly shaky as the specter of the 25th Amendment hovers over his political longevity. After signing a concordat with the NDP’s conniving Jagmeet Singh to create a coalition government, Trudeau has guaranteed his ascendancy until at least 2025.
Biden’s legislative initiatives are vigorously contested by Republican states and innumerable court filings. Trudeau’s forays into totalitarian territory are regularly approved in the Commons and meet with only sporadic resistance by patriot organizations and individuals. Biden is addicted to the incontinent deployment of Executive Privilege, which cannot feasibly go on forever without serious pushback. Trudeau can with impunity invoke the Emergencies Act (aka the War Measures Act), arrest people at will, suspend professional licenses, and exert centralized control over people’s lives by freezing personal assets and bank accounts.
The U.S. has its share of corrupt and suborned judges, but Trudeau has thoroughly politicized the Canadian courts. A recent case in point—one among several including the unlawful incarceration of anti-mandate Pastor Artur Pawlowski and Trucker Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich—involves MPP Randy Hillier, a staunch and eloquent supporter of the Truckers, who was arraigned and held in custody for holding what Trudeau calls “unacceptable views.” As Hillier has written, “These charges have no merit, but represent our disturbing new reality, where political opposition to the regime will be punished with the full power of the state. I have been released on bail, and must abide by significant conditions imposed by the court. These conditions preclude me from freely expressing myself on social media, preventing me from commenting on public policy.” All of Trudeau’s detainees have been effectively bound and gagged.