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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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Canadian Man Arrested for TikTok Video That Threatened Trudeau
A TikTok video that went live earlier this week has led to a Toronto man facing charges of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Andrew Marshall, 61, is facing two counts of uttering threats.
On Friday afternoon, the Ontario Court of Justice granted him bail with a surety and restrictions after the RCMP charged him on Wednesday.
Following Monday’s upload to TikTok, CBC Toronto conducted its own independent investigation of the video. Marshall vehemently opposes what he perceives as restrictions on free expression in Canada in it.
“I get them taken down all the time— I make videos — or all my comments, that are just simple comments,” Marsh says in the TikTok. “It’s just getting ridiculous, Marshall said.”
According to the CBC more and more people are threatening politicians. The commissioner of the RCMP has hinted that further measures may be necessary to ensure their safety.
In the TikTok video, Marshall explains in great detail how he would brutally assassinate Trudeau and Freeland “if it was up to him.”
Marshall attacks multiple groups throughout the roughly 11-minute TikTok video, including the media, Muslims, migrants, and the police who defend the government.
Among Marshall’s bail terms are the following: he must not communicate with Trudeau or Freeland; he must not use the internet to make social media posts or comments; he must not own any weapons; and he must not apply for a firearms permit.
During the bail hearing, the prosecution provided all of the evidence that is often not published.
Nate Jackson, Marshall’s attorney, stressed his client’s liberties and privileges as a Canadian in an email message.
“He has the right to freedom of speech, the right to reasonable bail and the right to a fair trial,” he said. “Having secured his release from custody, we will continue to defend Mr. Marshall’s Charter rights as his case proceeds.”
Neither Freeland’s nor the prime minister’s office would comment on the allegations, according to the CBC.
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Canada’s Unemployment Rate Hits its Highest Point Since 2017
As the job market remains dismal, the national unemployment rate in Canada has risen to its highest point since 2017. This has led some analysts to question whether the Bank of Canada should be reducing interest rates more quickly.
In spite of a net gain of 22,000 jobs, Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the unemployment rate increased to 6.6% from 6.4% the previous month. The rise was due to an uptick in part-time employment and a fall in full-time employment.
Outside of the pandemic years, the national unemployment rate has reached its highest position since May 2017, according to StatCan.
Rapid population expansion in Canada has increased the overall labour pool, but the country’s unemployment rate has persisted in rising.
The summer job market was especially tough for students, according to StatCan. Not including the pandemic, the unemployment rate among students going back to school in the autumn was 16.7 percent, which is the highest level since 2012.
Two days after the Bank of Canada dropped interest rates for the third time in a row, reducing borrowing costs to alleviate economic pressure, the most recent reading of the Canadian job market follows suit.
According to TD Bank economist Leslie Preston, who wrote a note on Friday, the central bank is “giving the OK” to keep dropping rates due to the bad August jobs report. Preston predicts two more quarter-point decreases at the remaining decisions this year.
According to CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham, there are indications that the labour market is quickly contracting more than initially thought, since the unemployment rate is nearly two percentage points greater than the record low of 4.9% in June 2022.
“Due to this, we believe the Bank should be contemplating a quicker rate of reductions in order to bring interest rates to less restrictive levels,” he informed clients in a letter on Friday morning.
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US Job Growth Falls Short of Expectations: Economy Struggles Under High Interest Rates
Last month, job growth in the United States was weaker than predicted, prompting concerns that the world’s largest economy is beginning to struggle under the weight of increased interest rates.
The Labour Department said that employers added 142,000 jobs in August, which was less than the nearly 160,000 economists predicted. It also stated that job gains over the preceding two months were weaker than expected.
However, the jobless rate went down to 4.2%, down from 4.3% in July.
The report is one of the most important indicators of the US economy and arrives at a vital time, as voters consider presidential candidates for the November election and the US central bank contemplates its first interest rate decrease in four years.
Analysts said the latest statistics kept the Federal Reserve on pace for a rate drop at its meeting this month, but did little to answer worries about the trajectory of the US economy or how much of a cut it should make.
“There has rarely been such a make-or-break number; unfortunately, today’s jobs report does not completely resolve the recession debate,” said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.
Soaring prices in 2022 caused the Federal Reserve to hike its key lending rate to 5.3%, a nearly 20-year high.
Faced with increased borrowing costs for homes, vehicles, and other debt, the economy has slowed, helping to alleviate pressures that were boosting inflation but exacerbating market concerns.
As inflation has fallen to 2.9% in July, the Fed is under pressure to decrease interest rates to prevent additional economic deceleration.
Although job increases in August fell short of expectations, they were greater than in July, when a slowdown aroused anxieties and triggered several days of stock market volatility.
Last month, construction and health-care firms hired the most, while manufacturing and retailers laid off employees.
Ms Shah stated that the data in Friday’s report was mixed, but provided enough concerning indicators that the Fed should make a larger cut.
“On balance, with inflation pressures subdued, there is no reason for the Fed not to err on the side of caution and frontload rate cuts,” she told reporters.
Others, however, felt the advances were just steady enough to warrant a 0.25 percentage point decrease, as markets had long projected – though this could signal more cuts than expected in the coming months.
Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics’ senior North America economist, predicted that the Fed’s decision will be “close run.”
“The labour market is clearly experiencing a marked slowdown,” he said, adding that the new statistics were “overall still consistent with an economy experiencing a soft landing rather than plummeting into recession”.
Concerns about the economy are a major issue in the US election.
According to polls, a majority of Americans feel the US is in a recession, despite healthy 2.5% growth last year.
Donald Trump has declared that the economy is headed for a “crash,” and his team instantly latched on the latest data to criticise Vice President Kamala Harris, publishing a press release titled “warning lights flash as Kamala’s economy continues to weaken.”
Democrats have defended their performance, claiming that the United States survived the pandemic and inflation better than many other countries.
They believe the slowdown is a sign that the economy is returning to a more sustainable rate of growth following the post-pandemic boom.
“Although hiring has slowed, the US job market continues to generate solid job gains and wage growth that is consistently beating inflation,” the White House Council of Economic Advisors stated in a blog.
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