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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he will step down as the country’s leader, ending nearly 10 years in office that included a handful of public blunders and controversies.
“I intend to step down as party leader, as prime minister, after the party chooses its next leader through a robust national competitive process,” Trudeau told reporters on Monday. “Last night I asked the leader of the Liberal Party to start this process. This country deserves a real choice at the next election, and it has become clear to me that if I have to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in this election”.
His resignation comes after pressure from his own party, the Liberal Party, increased over his handling of the economy and immigration.
Fox News Digital took a look back at Trudeau’s years in office and compiled his five biggest mistakes that drew condemnation from Canadians and other nations.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation in front of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday. (AP/Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Trudeau accused of wearing ‘blackface more times than he can remember’
Trudeau found himself in a scandal in 2019 after photos surfaced of him in blackface in 2001. The Prime Minister said in an interview after the fact that he could not give a definitive number of how many times he had worn blackface.
“Darkening the face, regardless of the context or circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface,” he said in 2019.
Canadian MP slams Trudeau for ‘blackface’ as he accuses ‘PATRIOTIC’ FREEDOM RACISM
“Then I should have understood and never should have.”
Justin Trudeau (Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg via Getty Images/File)
A photo from 2001 showed Trudeau at an Arabian Nights-themed gala in brownface. He also admitted that while in high school he wore blackface while singing the popular Jamaican song “Day-O.” In another case, video footage from the 1990s showed Trudeau in blackface. The prime minister said at the time that he couldn’t remember how many times he wore blackface or brownface, a comment that haunted him in the years that followed when right-wing lawmakers excoriated Trudeau over his handling of the coronavirus in the era of 2020
“I’m going to ask the Prime Minister, who I can remember this House wearing blackface more times than he can remember, to apologize to the patriotic, peace-loving Canadians who are outside right now,” the Conservative MP said. of Parliament Candice Bergen on Trudeau. 2022 while demanding that he apologize to protesters who spoke out against the country’s strict coronavirus mandates.
Police and protesters stand outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on February 18, 2022. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Trudeau slams ‘freedom convoy’ protesters while praising BLM
Canada had some of the strictest coronavirus restrictions mandates and requirements around the world, such as making vaccines mandatory in federally regulated workplaces, shutting down businesses for months, and arresting citizens if they violate lockdown protocols.
In response to lockdowns that disrupted the economy and daily life, Canadians staged multiple protests across the country in 2022. Known as the “Freedom Convoy,” thousands of 18-wheelers and other trucks traveled to cities , as well as the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and Michigan, to protest vaccine mandates.
Trudeau blasted the truckers and protesters for spreading “rhetoric of hate” while praising Black Lives Matter, which spearheaded the “defund the police” protests that rocked the United States in 2020.
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“I’ve attended protests and rallies in the past when I agreed with the goals, when I supported people voicing their concerns and their issues. Black Lives Matter is a great example of that,” Trudeau said in 2022.
“But I’ve also chosen not to approach the protests that have expressed hateful rhetoric, violence toward fellow citizens, and a lack of respect not only for science but for front-line health care workers and, frankly, the 90 percent of truckers who We have done the right thing to keep Canadians safe, to put food on our tables. Canadians know it where am i This is a time for responsible leaders to think carefully about where they are and who they are with,” he continued.
Local media reported that the Freedom Convoy protests were overwhelmingly peaceful.
Pastor jailed, businesses shaken during COVID
Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski was repeatedly arrested, fined and imprisoned breaking the confinement measures during the pandemic, drawing fierce condemnation from Christians and others around the world.
In a viral video from 2021, Alberta police were seen arresting and charging Pawlowski with “hosting an unlawful in-person meeting” during Easter before Easter.
“Shame on you guys, this isn’t communist China. Don’t you have family and children? What happened to ‘Canada, God keep our land glorious and free’?” Pawlowski told arresting officers.
Amid his legal battles, Pawlowski criticized Trudeau for his arrests.
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“I’m a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to worship as I see fit, free to stand up for what I think is right,” Pawlowski told Fox Digital in 2023. “We should throw all that away and move to the Saudi Arabia I think Justin Trudeau would fit right in there, or maybe North Korea would love the dictatorship.
Restaurants and other businesses across the country were hit by the lockdown orders, including some businesses that broke the mandates and opened their doors during the pandemic.
In Toronto, a restaurant owner was seen handcuffed by police for defying orders in 2020, while other business owners launched demands for their government to impose mandates on businesses during the pandemic.
A report released in 2023 found an increase in restaurants filing for bankruptcy as they dealt with a “post-pandemic hangover phase,” the CBC reported at the time.
Trudeau admonishes US voters not to elect a woman president
Trudeau, while describing himself as a “proud feminist,” admonished U.S. voters for electing President-elect Donald Trump after his decisive victory over Vice President Harris in November.
“We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult, march toward progress,” Trudeau said in December. “And yet, just a few weeks ago, America voted for the second time not to elect its first woman president.”
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“Everywhere, women’s rights and women’s progress are under attack, overtly and subtly,” Trudeau continued. “I want you to know that I am, and always will be, a proud feminist. You will always have an ally in me and my government.”
The remarks came after Trudeau’s meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Trump suggested to Trudeau during the meeting that Canada become the 51st state and has since publicly referred to Canada as such.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognize Yaroslav Hunka, who was present and fought with the Ukrainian First Division in World War II before emigrating to Canada, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in September. 22 of 2023. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)
Trudeau apologizes for honoring Nazi veteran
Canada’s parliament came under fire in 2023 when its members gave a standing ovation to a man who fought for the Nazis. Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were present in parliament when the man, 99-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, received a standing ovation.
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Hunka, a Ukrainian-Canadian who fought in the SS Galicia Division for the Nazis, was invited to Parliament to attend Zelenskyy’s speech to government officials. Members of Parliament from political parties on both sides of the aisle stood and applauded Hunka for his military service before it was announced that he fought on behalf of Nazi Germany.
Trudeau apologized for the embarrassment, while the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons backed down to invite Hunka.
“This is a mistake that deeply embarrassed Parliament and Canada,” Trudeau said at the time.
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“All of us who were in this Chamber on Friday deeply regret having stood up and we applaud even though we did it without knowing the context,” he added. “It was a horrific violation of the memory of the millions of people who died in the Holocaust.”
