Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday blamed “MAGA-influenced thinking” after members of his country’s Conservative Party rejected a new trade deal with war-torn Ukraine.
“The real story is the rise of right-wing thinking, influenced by American MAGA, that has caused Canadian conservatives (who used to be among Ukraine’s strongest supporters, I admit) to turn their backs on something Ukraine needs. in their hour of need,” Trudeau said Friday.
The legislation, an update to Canada’s free trade deal with Ukraine, passed anyway, but was opposed by 109 Conservative MPs earlier this week over claims it would force Ukraine to impose a carbon tax.
Trudeau, a member of the Liberal Party, denounced the Conservatives’ concerns as “ridiculous.”
“To see the Conservative Party of Canada decide not to support Ukraine with something it needs with the absurd excuse that Ukraine is going to put a price on pollution, is ridiculous,” the prime minister said.
Trudeau harshly criticized the Conservative Party of Canada for opposing a new trade deal with Ukraine. AP Trudeau has previously blamed the “American right” 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 marked the first time that cross-party support for aid to Ukraine 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 throats of Ukrainians, he would use it to impose his carbon tax ideology on those poor people,” the leader said Thursday. conservative Pierre Poilievre. .
“The last thing they need is a carbon tax when they are trying to rebuild after the war and this illegal invasion by Russia,” he added.
Trudeau accused politicians in the United States, Europe and Canada who opposed continuing to provide aid to Ukraine of “starting to parrot Russian misinformation, disinformation and propaganda.”
Trump has argued that Europe should bear a greater financial burden when it comes to helping Ukraine.
Trump, the front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, has argued that opposing Russia in Ukraine is not a vital strategic interest for the United States, but it is for Europe.
“That’s why Europe should 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 assistance to Ukraine this year.
Trudeau has previously accused US policy of influencing Canadian public opinion.
Earlier this year, the prime minister blamed the “American right” for Canadian Muslims’ opposition to gender ideology and LGBTQ curriculum in K-12 education.
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