Juno News - Trudeau's ＂Don't do as I do, do as I say＂ Leadership

It's getting hard to keep track of all the hyperbole and rhetoric coming out of the federal government. Just a few days ago, the Foreign Affairs Minister Christia Freeland was in New York City to give a speech to the UN in which she said that white supremacism and Islamophobia were among the gravest threats to the world. And then, just today, the Environmental Minister, Catherine McKenna, took to Twitter to say that climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. Really? Does she and the foreign affairs minister ever talk to each other? Do their staffs not communicate? Does the Prime Minister's office not manage the message? There's something just highly suspicious about all of that.

00:00:00.000 It's really getting difficult to keep track of the rhetoric and hyperbole emanating from

00:00:14.400 the federal government. Just a few days ago, the Foreign Affairs Minister Christia Freeland

00:00:19.960 was in New York City to give a speech to the United Nations in which she said that white

00:00:24.900 supremacism and Islamophobia were among the gravest threats to the world. Really? I'm

00:00:30.780 not sure where she gets the evidence to make that sort of a statement, but that's a pretty

00:00:35.060 strong statement. And then just today, the environmental minister, Catherine McKenna,

00:00:42.400 took to Twitter to tell us that climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. Really?

00:00:49.340 Does she and the Foreign Affairs Minister ever talk to each other? Do their staffs not

00:00:57.080 communicate? Does the Prime Minister's office not manage the message? There's something

00:01:02.580 just highly suspicious about all of that, where everything is a grave threat. And then

00:01:08.520 the Prime Minister, just to underline it all, flew from Ottawa to Vancouver to take part in

00:01:14.460 the Visaki Parade in Surrey amongst and pander for votes amongst the Sikh community. He then

00:01:21.020 flew back to Ottawa via Saskatchewan, ostensibly for private meetings. He then flew to Kitchener

00:01:28.600 Waterloo to make an announcement and then back to Ottawa for a photo op, and then back to Toronto.

00:01:36.020 Then he got back on a plane and flew to the West Coast again to go to Tofino to do some surfing

00:01:42.380 with his wife and kids. This is not a Prime Minister who practices what he preaches. In fact,

00:01:50.200 if anything, it's more of the don't do as I do, do as I say style of leadership from this

00:01:57.260 guy. It's hard to imagine a team of public relations advisor who would advise the Prime

00:02:03.940 Minister that, yeah, that's a good thing in the space of just a few days. I want you to fly

00:02:08.520 across the country several times on a private plane paid for by the Canadian taxpayers. I

00:02:13.800 can't imagine that message is easy to smooth, nor would it certainly be in touch with what

00:02:20.180 the environment vendors just said today. It's all quite ridiculous with this crew. They preach 0.86

00:02:28.020 to us and they, as of April 1st, they put a carbon tax on the bulk of Canada and expect every one of us

00:02:35.520 us to pay more for the natural gas products, the energy products that we're using, be it from gasoline

00:02:43.860 to home heating oil or natural gas. These people are shameless, really, and they need to really do

00:02:51.780 a much better job. If they expect us to pay for all of this, shouldn't they actually be setting a

00:02:57.520 better example? For True North, I'm Leo Knight.

Juno News - April 26, 2019

Trudeau's ＂Don't do as I do, do as I say＂ Leadership

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