Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed “MAGA-influenced thinking” on Friday after members of his country’s Conservative Party rejected a new trade deal with war-torn Ukraine.
“The real story is the rise of American MAGA-influenced right-wing thinking that has made Canadian Conservatives — who were once among Ukraine’s staunchest defenders, I’ll admit — turn their backs on something Ukraine needs in its hour of need,” Trudeau said Friday.
The legislation, an update to Canada’s free trade agreement with Ukraine, was nevertheless passed, but was opposed by 109 Conservative MPs earlier this week over claims that it would force Ukraine to impose a carbon tax.
Trudeau, a member of the Liberal Party, dismissed the Conservatives’ concerns as “absurd.”
“To see the Conservative Party of Canada decide not to support Ukraine with something they need with the ridiculous excuse that it’s because Ukraine will put a price on pollution, is ridiculous,” the prime minister said.
Trudeau blasted Canada’s Conservative Party for opposing a new trade deal with Ukraine.AP Trudeau previously blamed the “American right wing” for influencing political discourse in Canada.AFP via Getty Images
Canada is home to the second largest Ukrainian diaspora after Russia. About 1.4 million Canadians are of Ukrainian descent.
This week’s parliamentary vote marks the first time multi-party support for Ukraine aid has been absent since the Russian invasion.
“I really think it speaks to how pathologically obsessed Trudeau is with the carbon tax that, while the knife is at the throat of the Ukrainians, he’s going to use it to impose his carbon tax ideology on those poor people,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Thursday. .
“The last thing they need is a carbon tax when they’re trying to rebuild from war, and from this illegal invasion by Russia,” he added.
Trudeau accused politicians in the US, Europe and Canada opposed to continuing to provide aid to Ukraine as “starting to slander Russia and misinformation and propaganda.”
Trump has argued that Europe should shoulder more of the financial burden when it comes to helping Ukraine.AP
Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential front-runner, has argued that countering Russia in Ukraine is not a vital US strategic interest, but is for Europe.
“That’s why Europe has to pay a lot more than us, or the same,” he told Tucker Carlson earlier this year.
Canada has authorized more than $800 million in military aid for Ukraine this year.
Trudeau has previously accused American politics of influencing Canadian public opinion.
Earlier this year, the prime minister blamed the “American right wing” for Canadian Muslim opposition to gender ideology and LGBTQ curriculum in K-12 education.
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