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…It’s true that symbols of hate have shown up on the fringes of recent protests. This is reprehensible, and I will be the first to stand up and condemn them unequivocally—as I have whenever and wherever they’ve reared their ugly head in past protests, in our playgrounds and on our buildings.
But this hateful fringe does not take away from the legitimate issues Canadians from across our country have when it comes to the constant overreach of lockdowns, restrictions and mandates related to the pandemic that this government has repeatedly demonstrated.
Nor does it justify the Prime Minister using the horrors of the Holocaust as a talking point and attacking anyone who dares criticize him. And yet, he has repeatedly done so.
These are serious times, and they require serious leadership. Sadly, our Prime Minister has been unable and unwilling to show any. Instead, he has embraced the lowest of partisan impulses to try and score political points with little to no regard for the deep hurt and damage his words continue to inflict upon our society—on those who followed all the rules as well as those who questioned their validity.
…Canadians are angry and justifiably disappointed to see their Prime Minister giving in to infantile attacks and cheap political posturing over and over again when we face serious issues in Canada. I, too, am horrified as a Canadian that the Prime Minister would not hesitate to insinuate that anyone in public office supports cold-blooded Nazi murderers, simply because they asked a question he did not want to answer.
John Smithe
Article URL : https://www.newsweek.com/trudeau-there-are-only-canadians-who-agree-him-nazis-opinion-1683843