Trudeau Uses Victim Card Says Things Not ‘Easy’ for Him Either

If Canadians believe they’re having a hard time right now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that they try being him. “Yeah, people are facing tough times, and, yes, everyone is finding it difficult right now,” Trudeau said Wednesday at the end of his government’s cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

But, he also added, it’s also a trying time for him and his cabinet. “Part of our job as leaders, MPs, and parliamentarians of all types is to be there, to take it, to support it as Canadians are anxious, and to put out solutions.” So, certainly, it’s not an easy moment to be a politician right now,” Trudeau remarked.

The allegedly tone-deaf retort will not be remembered as a “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” speech, but rather as a “Cry for Me Canada” speech.

Earlier in Charlottetown, Trudeau stated that he will not “give up” on people who show “F— Trudeau” bumper stickers because he realises that some are “hurting.”

Then there was this second soliloquy that was part glass-half-full, part head-in-the-sand, where Trudeau’s narrative seemed to be trying to assure himself and his team that they are still relevant while trying to convince an ornery electorate that he can still win despite opinion polls showing a ten-point disadvantage to his opposition.

He didn’t blame himself, but rather the times the Toronto Star reports.

“This is a time when politics is deeply divided and toxic in so many ways,” Trudeau said. “However, it is critical that we remain present and remain positive and hopeful.”

As part of this positive and helpful approach, Trudeau blamed today’s problems on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

“What does leadership imply when people are in pain?” Mr. Poilievre has opted to make them even angrier by providing a scapegoat, pointing fingers and laying blame because it’s easy, it is. That is not my strategy.”

In fact, Trudeau stated that when “Mr. Harper was leading the country astray,” “as a party in 2014/15, we made a pledge to confront the challenges the middle class was experiencing… and “proposed solutions, rolled up our sleeves, and got to work,” and “we have lifted over a million people out of poverty, half of whom are children.”

This may come as a surprise to Canadians who are concerned about feeding their children in the face of soaring mortgage rates and galloping inflation.

“People are experiencing it a lot. “It’s no surprise that people are worried and upset,” Trudeau admitted. “As politicians, the question remains: what do we do when people are upset?” “How do we respond when they are concerned about their future and how they will buy groceries and pay their rent?”

Trudeau may believe it is a difficult time to be a leader of people dealing with these issues, but he and his cabinet spoiled themselves in a five-star way with a late summer junket to much-coveted P.E.I., where they dined on seafood, fine wines, desserts, and even Cuban cigars while parts of Canada burned due to out-of-control wildfires.

Meanwhile, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre warned Wednesday of an impending humanitarian crisis if Trudeau does not reduce the cost of living. But, supported by his cabinet, Trudeau spoke softly and heartfeltly that he feels he is the only one who can fix this.

“As members of the Liberal Party and cabinet MPs have travelled across the country, we have heard from Canadians who are facing difficult times, but also from Canadians who know that the reduction in childcare fees by half over the last year has made a significant difference in their lives.”

That by providing jobs for local communities through global investments such as Volkswagen in St. Thomas” and other projects in Quebec and “out West,” he believes the future of the “greatest country in the world” is bright.

Trudeau went on to say that he’s “really looking forward” to “sitting down with all our MPs” to “talk about all the work we are going to do together to continue to put forward a positive, ambitious vision for this country that solves the challenges,” including a focus on “climate change, reconciliation, and building an economy that works for all Canadians.”

But, as Trudeau pointed out, it won’t be simple at a time when people aren’t buying what politicians are selling.

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