Canada might as well change its name to The People's Republic of Trudeaunia the way they're going down the path of adopting PRC-inspired policies. Justin Trudeau is known for admiring the power offered by a Chinese-style dictatorship [1] and seems to be intent on pointing Canada in the same direction. I hope that Trudeau's successor - Pierre Poilievre seems to be a likely candidate - not only puts the brakes on these developments but actually turns them around but time will tell if this is the case. Politicians like power and Poliviere is a politician just like all the others.
[1] There is a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime…having a dictatorship where you can do whatever you wanted, that I find quite interesting - https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-under-fire-for-expre...
I thought this was some out of context quote, but I checked the article and it's not that much better
> Speaking to a sold-out crowd of women, Trudeau was responding to a question about which nation’s administration he most admired.
> The Liberal leader said: “There’s a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime and say, ‘We need to go green … we need to start investing in solar.’”
His explanation also seems... kinda bad
> Trudeau took to social media Friday to explain himself.
>“I pointed out that globally, Canada is up against big countries (China, for one) that can address some major issues quickly,” he wrote on Twitter.
>“It’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest that I of all people would trade our rights and freedoms for any other system of (government).”
The original question was "which nation’s administration he most admired". Unless there was a detour that the ctvnews.ca article and himself omitted, it'd be weird to use that as a tangent to talk about how "Canada is up against big countries [...]".
[1] There is a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime…having a dictatorship where you can do whatever you wanted, that I find quite interesting - https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-under-fire-for-expre...