Justin Trudeau expects difficult relations with the USA if Donald Trump returns to power.
The day after the Iowa caucuses, which opened the race for the nomination of the Republican Party in the United States with a landslide victory for former President Trump, Justin Trudeau did not hide the fact that things were not easy with President Trump Comes a second time, it won't be easy either.
The Prime Minister made this remark at the very end of an interview with the President of the Montreal Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Michel Leblanc, before an audience of 650 people invited to breakfast by the organization.
However, Mr. Trudeau was careful to add that relations with any American president have always been a major challenge.
Even people like Barack [Obama] or Joe [Biden]With whom I have great chemistry, I always defend American interests first, he said, citing in particular the endless conflict over the timber trade as an example.
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President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 summit in Charlevoix, June 2018.
Photo: Portal / Leah Millis
“However, these hook atoms do not exist in the case of Donald Trump, with whom there are things with which I disagree, particularly on environmental and investment issues,” he clarified.
Without giving details, Justin Trudeau reiterated that his government will be ready for the decision that the Americans will make and that, regardless of that decision, its first responsibility will be to represent the interests of Canadians over American interests and To defend.
Decline of democratic values
The prime minister presented Americans' future choice between an optimistic state committed to the future and a regression, a nostalgia for a moment that never was, a populism that reflects a lot of fear and anger that people are living without necessarily to offer solutions.
However, the Prime Minister went much further, emphasizing that the polarization that has developed in the United States tends to spill over into Europe.
We are seeing a democratic change, a decline in democratic values at many levels around the world. We must remember that democracy is not automatic, it must be maintained and defended.
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre
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He then ended the session by transferring this debate here, carefully avoiding mentioning his conservative opponent Pierre Poilievre by name.
In two years we will make a similar decision here in Canada, we will have to make a similar decision: “Are we moving forward to defend democracy, our principles? Are we still fighting climate change? “Are we defending individual rights?” “Are we defending minorities? Or are we regressing because we are too angry about everything that is happening in the world around us?”
He then asked entrepreneurs to ask themselves what is more important to them: investment stability, an optimistic view of the future or prevailing fear and anger?