Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s defense against President-elect Donald Trump’s taunts of Canada becoming the United States’ “51st State.”
Trump has repeatedly hounded Trudeau even as the struggling prime minister’s popularity has plummeted in Canada. The president-elect’s taunts came after weeks of threatening Canada with 25% tariffs and a demand to secure its border and stop illegal immigration into the United States.
Poilievre is the favorite to replace Trudeau as prime minister as soon as new parliamentary elections can be held. The Conservative Party leader in a statement Tuesday defended Canada against Trump’s calls to join the United States while simultaneously attacking Trudeau’s government and party for its feeble response.
“Canada will never be the 51st state. Period,” Poilievre said…
