Canadian Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/justin-trudeau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Trudeau</a> admonished a heckler at an event Friday night that marked the one-year anniversary of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine</a>.
The confrontation took place in downtown Toronto as Trudeau delivered a speech expressing solidarity with the Ukrainians as they continue to fend off the attack, <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/why-don-t-you-settle-down-prime-minister-trudeau-admonishes-heckler-at-ukraine-event-1.6288980" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CTV News</a>.
&#8220;A year ago today, Ukrainians woke up to the horror of war in their…&#8221; Trudeau said before pausing to address a man shouting from the audience.
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Prime Minister Trudeau calls out heckler at rally for Ukraine in Toronto. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SlavaUkaini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SlavaUkaini</a> 
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&#8220;Hey sir, I think Ukrainians could tell you a little bit about freedom and liberty.&#8221; Trudeau snapped. &#8220;So why don&#8217;t you settle down?&#8221;
&#8220;This is a night for them, not for you,&#8221; Trudeau continued while cheers broke out in the crowd. &#8220;This is a night for Ukrainians, not for you.&#8221;
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In this combo photo you can see Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacting to a heckler at a rally in support of Ukraine on the one year anniversary of Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine, at Nathan Phillips Square, in Toronto Ontario, Canada February 24, 2023. Photo for <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reuters</a> <a href="https://t.co/SFAOJ0mkf5">pic.twitter.com/SFAOJ0mkf5</a>
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&#8220;If you want to stand and cheer with Ukraine, do that,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You want to wave that Ukrainian flag, please do. But let people celebrate that Ukraine is still standing and Canada stands with it.&#8221;
Russia began what it called a &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in a conflict that has led to thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions of people.
Russia&#8217;s forces managed to seize <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-ukraine-war-key-events-year-russia-invaded/story?id=97255331" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly a quarter of Ukraine</a>, but the Ukrainians have been able to fend off their advance with the support of a coalition of countries including the United States and Canada.
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Canada&#8217;s government says it has committed <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/02/backgrounder--increased-security-and-stabilization-efforts-in-ukraine0.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billions of dollars worth of assistance</a> to Ukraine in the past year. And during his remarks Friday, Trudeau said more than 167,000 Ukrainians have received refuge in Canada since the beginning of the conflict, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-ukraine-one-year-anniversary-1.6759142" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per CBC News</a>.
&#8220;We are all inspired by the courage and tenacity of those who stayed behind to defend Ukraine,&#8221; he said.
New Ipsos polling in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada</a> shows broad support for Ukraine in the conflict, but about half of respondents said their country cannot afford giving more financial assistance to Ukraine, <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9507978/ukraine-canada-support-poll-anniversary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Global News</a>.
Still, Trudeau made clear on Friday that his administration does not plan to waver in its efforts to penalize Russia with sanctions and help sustain Ukraine with aid.
&#8220;The Government of Canada will stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes,&#8221; Trudeau&#8217;s office <a href="https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2023/02/24/supporting-ukraine-long-it-takes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a press release</a> outlining the prime minister&#8217;s latest commitment to levy more sanctions against Russia and to send tanks and ammunition to the Ukrainian defenders.
Other world leaders delivered major speeches about the one-year-old conflict last week.
During his state-of-the nation address to Russia’s National Assembly on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine’s “Western masters” of starting the war. &#8220;We are using force to end it,&#8221; he added, signaling Moscow has no plans to back down.
President Joe Biden made a surprise visit last week to Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after which he delivered a defiant speech in Warsaw, Poland. “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia. Never,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-pledges-more-sanctions-against-russia-over-war-in-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden said</a> on Tuesday.
Biden also urged the Russian people to reject Putin’s claims that the West started the war in Ukraine and threatens Russia’s very existence.
“I speak once more to the people of Russia,” Biden said. “The United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia. The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today. And millions of Russian citizens who only want to live in peace with their neighbors are not the enemy. This war was never a necessity. It’s a tragedy.”

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This article was originally published by the <a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/my-critics-have-weaponized-the-college-of-psychologists-disciplinary-process-for-political-reasons">National Post</a> in Canada.
The practice of psychology in Ontario, and in many other North American and western jurisdictions, is subject to regulation by “professional colleges” — essentially governmental organizations with a mandate to protect the public from misconduct on the part of physicians, lawyers, social workers, dentists, pharmacists, teachers, architects and many others, including (and most relevant to me) clinical psychologists.
Anyone anywhere in the world can levy a complaint to these regulatory bodies for any reason, regardless of whether the complainant has had any direct contact with the professional in question. The respective colleges have the responsibility to determine whether each complaint is serious and credible enough to warrant further investigation. Complaints can be deemed vexatious or frivolous and dispensed with. When the college decides to move forward, it is a serious move, essentially equivalent to a lawsuit. The <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/ontario-college-of-psychologists-jordan-peterson-social-media">Ontario College of Psychologists</a> in fact recommends legal counsel under such conditions.
The Ontario College of Psychologists has levied a multitude of such lawsuits against me since my rise to public prominence six years ago (although none at all in the 20 years or so I practised as a psychologist before that). These have multiplied as of late, and now number more than a dozen. This may seem like a lot (and “where there’s smoke there’s fire,” or so people think), but I might point out that it is difficult to communicate with as many people as I do and to say anything of substance without rubbing at least a few of them the wrong way now and then.
For my crimes, I have been sentenced to a course of mandatory social media communication training with the college’s so-called experts (although social media communication training is not a scientific and certainly not a clinical specialty of any standing). I am to do this at my own expense (some hundreds of dollars per hour) and for a length of time that is to be determined only by those retraining me and profiting from doing so. How will this be determined? When those very re-educators — those experts — have convinced themselves that I have learned my lesson and will behave properly in the future.
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It&#39;s worse than you think in Canada <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>. Regulated professionals are now terrified into silence by their respective colleges. This means they are no longer able to say what they believe to be true. And who needs that from their lawyers, physicians &#8212; or psychologists? <a href="https://t.co/sWvIPVHU0e">https://t.co/sWvIPVHU0e</a>
&mdash; Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1610360115693060096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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If I agree to this, then I must admit that I have been unprofessional in my conduct, and to have that noted publicly, even as the college insists that I am not required to admit to any wrongdoing. If I refuse — and I have (of course) refused — the next step is a mandatory public disciplinary session/inquiry and the possible suspension of my clinical licence (all of which will be also announced publicly).
I should also point out that the steps already taken constitute the second most serious possible response to my transgressions on the part of the college. I have been placed in the category of repeat offender, with high risk of further repetition.
What exactly have I done that is so seriously unprofessional that I am now a danger not only to any new potential clients but to the public itself? It is hard to tell with some of the complaints (one involved the submission of the entire transcript of a three-hour discussion on the Joe Rogan podcast), but here are some examples that might produce some reasonable concern among Canadians who care about such niceties as freedom of belief, conscience and speech:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">I retweeted a comment made by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about the unnecessary severity of the COVID lockdowns;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">I criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">I criticized Justin Trudeau’s former chief of staff, Gerald Butts;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">I criticized an Ottawa city councillor; and</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">I made a joke about the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.</li>
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I did all that “disrespectfully,” by the way, in a “horrific” manner that spread “misinformation”; that was “threatening” and “harassing”; that was “embarrassing to the profession.” I am also (these are separate offenses) sexist, transphobic, incapable of the requisite body positivity in relationship to morbid obesity and, unforgivably of all, a climate change denialist.
Every single one of these accusations (and now accepted evidence of my professional misconduct) is independent of my clinical practice — which, by the way, has been suspended since 2017, when my rising notoriety or fame made continuing as a private therapist practically and ethically impossible. Every single accusation is not only independent of my clinical practice, but explicitly political — and not only that: unidirectionally explicitly political. Every single thing I have been sentenced to correction for saying is insufficiently Leftist, politically. I’m simply too classically liberal — or, even more unforgivably — conservative.
For criticizing our prime minister and his cronies and peers, for retweeting Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the official Opposition in Canada, and for holding and for daring to express reprehensible political views, I have now been convicted by the College of Psychologists of “harming” people in some manner serious enough to justify my forced re-education. Now that I have refused, I will definitely face further exceptionally public, demanding, time-consuming and expensive disciplinary action, including the suspension of my licence. This, despite the fact that none of the people whose complaints are being currently pursued were ever clients of mine, or even knew clients of mine, or even knew or were acquainted with any of the people they claim I am harming. This, despite the fact (and please attend to this) that half the people who levied such complaints falsely claimed that they had in fact been or currently are clients of mine.
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To clarify: it&#39;s been decided: I either submit to social media communication retraining or face a disciplinary hearing and possible suspension of my clinical license and the right to represent myself as a psychologist <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CPOntario?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CPOntario</a> <a href="https://t.co/qmsje8flyN">https://t.co/qmsje8flyN</a>
&mdash; Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1610391120403468292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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It may be of some interest to note that I wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week, informing him of this situation. Here is the letter, for public consideration — which by necessity repeats some of what I have just covered in this introduction:
<blockquote>Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:
I thought it my duty to inform you and your office of the following proceedings against me. 
The Ontario College of Psychologists, the provincial government-mandated and supported professional body charged with regulating the practice of clinical psychology, is requiring that I undergo a lengthy course of “media training” so that I “more appropriately” conduct my online communication. This is occurring, by the way, despite my 20 years as a research psychologist at Harvard University and the University of Toronto (with an unblemished behavioural reputation), my extensive clinical experience and my history of bringing psychological knowledge to people around the world.
Some 15-million people currently follow me on three main social media platforms, and the overwhelming majority of them appear to regard my words and the particular manner in which I formulate them as interesting, helpful and productive — some real evidence to the contrary with regard to the college’s accusations. 
I have rejected this forced re-education request, and will in consequence soon be required to appear in front of an in-person “disciplinary hearing” to bring me into line — with the threat of the revocation of my clinical licence, and the public exposure and implied disgrace that would accompany that, hanging over my head. 
It may be of interest to you to note that all of the complaints against me: (1) were brought by people with whom I had zero clinical contact; (2) have nothing whatsoever to do with my function as a clinical psychologist (except in the broadest possible public sense); and, most importantly with regard to this letter, (3) that half of them involve nothing more than political criticisms of you or the people around you (with all the remainder being complaints generated because I dared state some essentially conservative philosophical beliefs). 
As the enclosed documentation indicates, I am being investigated and disciplined for, among a few other reasons not germane to my present communication with you:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">retweeting Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s official Opposition;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">criticizing you, your former chief of staff Gerald Butts, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and an Ottawa city councillor; and</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">objecting to the Ottawa police threatening to apprehend the children of the trucker convoy protesters.</li>
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I am not suggesting or even presuming that you or any of the people associated with you had anything directly to do with this. However, the fact that it is happening (and that physicians and lawyers have become as terrified as psychologists now are of their own regulatory bodies) is something that has definitely happened on your watch, as a consequence of your own conduct and the increasingly compulsion-based and ideologically pure policies that you have promoted and legislated.
I simply cannot resign myself to the fact that in my lifetime I am required to resort to a public letter to the leader of my country to point out that political criticism has now become such a crime in Canada that if professionals dare engage in such activity, government-appointed commissars will threaten their livelihood and present them with the spectacle of denouncement and political disgrace.
There is simply and utterly no excuse whatsoever for such a state of affairs in a free country. 
Jordan B Peterson, PhD, C. Psych (for now)
Professor emeritus, University of Toronto</blockquote>
Why should Canadians who read this care? Perhaps those reading in this country (and elsewhere) might ask themselves the following questions — and in all seriousness, painful as it might be do so; requiring as it does the almost unbelievable admission that something has gone dreadfully wrong in our lovely country:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What makes you think that something similar won’t happen to you, or to someone you know and respect or even love?</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What makes you think you are going to continue to be able to communicate honestly with your physicians, lawyers and psychologists (and representatives of many other regulated professions) if they are now so terrified of their regulatory boards that they can no longer tell you the truth?</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What are your children going to be taught when all their teachers (that’s a regulated profession, too) are so afraid of the woke mob that they swallow all the ideological lies that are now required of pedagogues — regardless if they believe what they are saying?</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Where are we going to be if we allow criticism of the public figures charged with the privilege of our governance to be grounds for the demolition of not only the critic’s reputation but their very livelihood?</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How far are we willing to go down this road, without forthright resistance?</li>
</ul>
In any case: I’m not complying. I’m not submitting to re-education. I am not admitting that my viewpoints — many of which have, by the way, been entirely justified by the facts that have emerged since the complaints were levied — were either wrong or unprofessional. I’m going to say what I have to say, and let the chips fall where they will. I have done nothing to compromise those in my care; quite the contrary — I have served all my clients and the millions of people I am communicating with to the best of my ability and in good faith, and that’s that.
And to the College of Psychologists, I issue this challenge: I am absolutely willing to make every single word of this legal battle fully public, so that the issue of my professional competence and my right to say what I have to say and stand by my words can be fought in full daylight. I would and could post all the correspondence with and accusations levied by those who complained about me and the college itself public, and will do so, if the college agrees. But I can’t, on legal grounds justified in normal times but rendered specious by the dominion of the politically correct and radical. I can’t, because of this, and because it is not in the interest of the college or the complainants they are sheltering and abetting to allow it. They’ll cite confidentiality concerns for their refusal, because it’s 100 percent OK for them to come after me publicly while they and those who complained hide cravenly and cowardly behind a wall of self-serving and self-protective silence.
And this of course does little but embolden those who have learned to weaponize college disciplinary processes, and to give the accuser and his or her lackeys the upper hand, practically and legally. And such weaponization risks placing all our once justly trusted institutions firmly in the hands of those willing and able to manipulate them for reasons both political and personal.
The sad and sorry state of this once-great Dominion at the dawn of 2023 … and it’s still going to get worse before it gets better.
<a href="https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/">Dr. Jordan B. Peterson</a> is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. From 1993 to 1998 he served as assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Harvard. He is the international bestselling author of Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules For Life, and Beyond Order. You can now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast">listen</a> to or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/jordan-peterson">watch</a> his popular lectures on DailyWire+.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Jordan Peterson: I Will Risk My Licence To Escape Social Media Re-Education

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<a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus-jordan-peterson?utm_campaign=peterson&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;cid=peterson&amp;mid=b&amp;xid=0&amp;utm_term=Jordan%20Peterson%20Daily%20Wire&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=6411461344&amp;hsa_cam=440230234&amp;hsa_grp=1327112046299949&amp;hsa_ad=&amp;hsa_src=o&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-82945323862515:loc-190&amp;hsa_kw=Jordan%20Peterson%20Daily%20Wire&amp;hsa_mt=e&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;msclkid=249a547e8dc51278bad737cade4b0e13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr Jordan B Peterson</a> blasted Canada’s “commissars” and penned a scathing letter to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-trudeau-celebrates-drag-queens-on-television/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau</a> Tuesday after a leading association of his fellow psychologists threatened to go after his license to practice clinical psychology over social media criticisms of the nation’s far-Left government.
The College of Psychologists of Ontario ordered the best-selling author and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire+</a> host to undergo “social media communications retraining” or face a hearing on the potential suspension of his license. In the letter to Trudeau, Peterson vowed not to participate in the process and decried the effort to stifle free speech.
“I simply cannot resign myself to the fact that in my lifetime I am required to resort to a public letter to the leader of my country to point out that political criticism has now become such a crime in Canada that if professionals dare engage in such activity, government-appointed commissars will threaten their livelihood and present them with the spectacle of denouncement and political disgrace,” Peterson wrote. “There is simply and utterly no excuse whatsoever for such a state of affairs in a free country.”
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BREAKING: the Ontario College of Psychologists <a href="https://twitter.com/CPOntario?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CPOntario</a> has demanded that I submit myself to mandatory social-media communication retraining with their experts for, among other crimes, retweeting <a href="https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PierrePoilievre</a> and criticizing <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinTrudeau</a> and his political allies.
&mdash; Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1610307938438053888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The current grievance against Peterson is just the latest of several investigated by the college, with prior complaints having been dismissed. Peterson’s latest alleged transgressions include retweeting Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s criticism of Trudeau, blasting Trudeau’s former senior aide, Gerald Butts, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, tweeting opposition to a plan by Ottawa police to take custody of the children of the Trucker Convoy protesters, and telling <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/01/27/joe-rogan-guest-jordan-peterson-says-being-trans-is-a-contagion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan’s podcast audience</a> that acceptance of radical gender theory is a sign of “civilizations collapsing” and that climate change models are unreliable.
Peterson called Butts a “stunningly corrupt and incendiary fool” and a “prik” in a pair of February tweets. In another tweet in February, at the height of Canada’s trucker protest against vaccine mandates, Peterson called Trudeau a “Puppet.” The tweets were among a tranche sent to the college in early March by an anonymous complainant.
College Executive Director Rick Morris said he reviewed the tweets, as well as a transcript from Peterson’s January 25, 2022, appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, and determined they warranted an investigation. The probe appears to have been expanded to include subsequent social media posts by Peterson, including a May Twitter post in which he criticized Sports Illustrated for putting plus-sized swimsuit model Yumi Nu on the cover.
“Sorry. Not beautiful,” he wrote. &#8220;And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.”
He also tweeted that movie star Ellen Page, who now claims to be a man and goes by Elliot Page, had a mastectomy performed “by a criminal physician.”
The college is a government-regulated association that regulates and has the authority to sanction psychologists, ostensibly to protect the health and safety of workers and the public. But Peterson charged that the Ontario professional organization has been hounding him since 2017, when his viral video lectures made him an international star who now boasts 15 million followers on YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.
“I was never investigated for anything for the 20 years I practiced prior to my emergence on the public scene,” said Peterson, who first ran afoul of the progressive Trudeau regime when he railed against a law that made it a crime not to use the preferred pronouns of transgender people.
Because the college is obligated to probe any written complaint filed against a member, Peterson said he has been buffeted with investigations, many of which were prompted by anonymous calls.
One accused him of being “transphobic, sexist, and racist” for simply posting online an article from Crisis magazine that accused the transgender movement of targeting autistic children. Another complaint was spurred in part by Peterson’s contention that “the racial divide continues apace, fueled by identity politics.” A 2020 complaint claimed Peterson had signed a document used in a child custody case and was dismissed when Peterson showed the purported signature was a forgery lifted from Wikipedia.
Although the complaints were ultimately dismissed, Peterson said they were part of a pattern through which his critics have weaponized the professional organization against him.
“As a Member of the College, and in light of your public profile, you may wish to offer your opinions and comments in a respectful tone in order to avoid a negative perception toward the profession of psychology,” the college advised him after several complaints were dismissed.
Last year, Peterson was taken to task by the college after telling a scientist who said overpopulation was a threat to the planet that he was “free to leave at any point.” When the college opened an investigation, Peterson declined to cooperate.
“Take whatever steps you deem necessary,” he said at the time. “I am simply not going to spend the hours and days required to undergo the unbelievably stressful process necessary to respond to this formally because one of the millions of people who follow me on social media took offense to one thing I said at one point.”
While Peterson’s clashes with the college may be partly due to the unusual circumstance of a member and practicing psychologist also being an internationally recognized thought leader, he said the constant battles show the “process is the punishment.” Peterson claims several of his peers, both in medicine and academia, have been “intimidated into silence and lies by their governing bodies.”
“Can you trust a physician who is afraid to tell you the truth when you’re ill — or, more importantly, when your children are?” he mused in a response to the college. “Can you trust a psychologist who is required by law to agree with what you think and who will not ask you pertinent questions on pain of their license?”

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Dr Jordan Peterson Blasts Canada’s ‘Commissars’ After Board Threatens His License

Dr Jordan Peterson Blasts At Canada's 'Commissars' After Board Threatens His License

A <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/canada-offered-assisted-suicide-paralympian-veteran-wanted-wheelchair-lift-installed-report?intcmp=tw_pols" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disabled veteran</a> requested a wheelchair ramp for her home, and someone in Canada&#8217;s Veterans Affairs department reportedly responded to her request by offering to send her a kit that would help her to end her own life.
Christine Gauthier, a 52-year-old retired corporal who is paraplegic, testified before Parliament last week, and she told the House of Commons veterans affairs committee that a caseworker had offered in writing to send her a Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) kit.
Gauthier, who participated in 2016&#8217;s Invictus Games (started by Britain&#8217;s ex-pat <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/prince-harry-takes-a-thrashing-over-un-speech-slamming-the-united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prince Harry</a>) as well as the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, said that it had all started when she made a request five years earlier to have a wheelchair ramp installed at her home.
&#8220;With respect to me, I have a letter in my file, because I had to face that as well,&#8221; Gauthier said. &#8220;I have a letter saying that if you&#8217;re so desperate, madam, we can offer you MAID, medical assistance in dying.&#8221;
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The <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/christine-gauthier-assisted-death-macaulay-1.6671721" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paralympian</a>, who first injured her back in 1989 during a training exercise, said that she was so concerned about the response that she sent a letter to Prime Minister <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/a-haircut-with-an-ego-dagen-mcdowell-unloads-on-wanna-be-emperor-justin-trudeau/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Trudeau</a>: &#8220;I sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and that they [Veterans Affairs] offered me MAID and would supply equipment.&#8221;
Trudeau called the alleged response &#8220;absolutely unacceptable&#8221; and added, &#8220;We are following up with investigations and we are changing protocols to ensure what should seem obvious to all of us: that it is not the place of Veterans Affairs Canada, who are supposed to be there to support those people who stepped up to serve their country, to offer them medical assistance in dying.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-maid-rcmp-investigation-1.6663885" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple reports</a>, Gauthier was not the only veteran to receive such a response from Veterans Affairs Canada. In fact, Veterans Minister Lawrence MacAulay said that one such report a year ago had prompted a lengthy investigation — and at least four veterans said someone from the VA had offered them MAID. All four cases, MacAulay said, were tied to the same employee.
&#8220;We expect all Veterans Affairs candidate employees to interact with veterans with care, compassion and respect and the actions of this one employee is simply disgusting. And I condemn this behavior in the strongest terms,&#8221; MacAulay said, adding, &#8220;We remain confident that this is all related to one single employee, and it&#8217;s not a widespread or a systemic issue.&#8221;

Invictus Games

Disabled Veteran And Paralympian Asked For A Wheelchair Ramp — Canada’s VA Offered To Help Her Commit Suicide Instead

Disabled Veteran And Paralympian Asked For A Wheelchair Ramp — Canada's VA Offered To Help Her Commit Suicide

Social Issues

Socialized Medicine

Suicide

At the height of the Canadian trucker “Freedom Convoy,” as it occupied Ottawa, Canada’s capital, the Biden administration pressured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to shut the convoy down.
The revelation of the Biden administration’s involvement came from an investigation into Trudeau’s decision to use the Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in 1988 and had never been used before, to shut the truckers’ occupation down last February 14.
“After discussing with cabinet and caucus, after consultation with premiers from all provinces and territories, the federal government has invoked the emergencies act to supplement provincial and territorial capacity to address the blockades and occupations,” Trudeau announced in a press conference. “I want to be very clear, the scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address. The emergencies act will be used to strengthen and support law enforcement agencies at all levels across the country.”
“In addition, financial institutions will be authorized and directed to render essential services to help address the situation including by regulating and prohibiting the use of property to fund or support illegal blockades,” Trudeau added.
Chrystia Freeland, Canada&#8217;s finance minister, asserted that banks and other financial institutions in Canada had the authority to “temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution suspects that an account is being used to further the illegal blockades and occupations. This order covers both personal and corporate accounts.”
“These changes cover all forms of transactions,” she continued. “The illegal blockades have highlighted the fact that crowd-funding platforms and some of the payment service providers they use are not fully captured under the proceeds of the Crime and Terrorist Financing Act.”
Days prior to that, on February 10, Freeland received a call from Brian Deese, the director of the National Economic Council and Biden’s top economic adviser, she told the current inquiry. “They are very, very, very worried,” Freeland emailed her staff, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/24/washington-ottawa-freedom-convoy-00070817" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> reported. “If this is not sorted out in the next 12 hours, all of their northeastern car plants will shut down.”
Freeland then requested that Deese set up a call between Biden and Trudeau. He would “try to make it happen,” she wrote to staff.
“Brian Clow, Trudeau’s deputy chief of staff, had already heard from White House officials including Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to the president and the National Security Council senior director for the Western Hemisphere,” Politico noted.
Biden and Trudeau spoke on February 11. After the conversation, Clow alerted Freeland that that the two men spoke about American influence on convoy, including “money, people, and political/media support,” Politico stated.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reportedly contacted Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra urging him create “a plan to resolve” the issue of the convoy. Alghabra told the commission investigating the issue that the call was “unusual.”
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-trudeau-announces-unprecedented-action-freezing-bank-accounts-of-freedom-convoy-protesters/">Trudeau Announces Unprecedented Action, Freezing Bank Accounts Of ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protesters</a>

Clean up us well underway on Wellington Street after protesters from the “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa were moved from in front of Parliament Hill by police after blockading the the downtown core of Canada’s capitol for over three weeks.

Biden Administration Pressured Trudeau To Shut Down Freedom Convoy

Biden Administration

Freedom Convoy

Politics

U.S.

A ticked-off <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-world-reacts-to-chinese-dictator-xi-jinping-purging-former-leader-on-camera-chilling-and-orwellian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese President Xi Jinping</a> dressed down his Canadian counterpart Wednesday at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/klaus-schwab-the-world-economic-forum-and-the-atheists-paving-the-road-to-absolute-power/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">G20 summit</a> over leaks of their private meeting a day earlier in a dramatic moment caught on video.
Xi and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-trudeau-celebrates-drag-queens-on-television/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau</a> were speaking through a translator at the global confab on the Indonesian island of Bali when the Chinese leader smiled as he delivered the scolding. Xi was apparently steamed about media reports that Trudeau had raised “serious concerns” about alleged espionage and alleged Chinese interference in Canadian elections when the pair met on Tuesday.
“Everything we discussed was leaked to the paper(s), that’s not appropriate,” Xi said through the interpreter. “That is not appropriate, and that’s not the way the conversation was conducted.
“If there is sincerity, we can communicate well with mutual respect, otherwise the outcome will not be easy to tell,” Xi, speaking Mandarin, added.
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The Cdn Pool cam captured a tough talk between Chinese President Xi &amp; PM Trudeau at the G20 today. In it, Xi express his displeasure that everything discussed yesterday “has been leaked to the paper(s), that’s not appropriate… &amp; that’s not the way the conversation was conducted” <a href="https://t.co/Hres3vwf4Q">pic.twitter.com/Hres3vwf4Q</a>
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Trudeau’s office did not release a readout of the Tuesday conversation, but his version of the discussion was widely reported in Canada and characterized him as being tough with Xi. Chinese state media did not report on their closed-door talks, although the Chinese foreign ministry said that Xi held nine formal bilateral meetings with other heads of state while at the summit.
Trudeau responded to Xi’s complaint about leaks with a pledge to continue their dialogue.
“In Canada we believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have,” Trudeau said. “We will continue to look to work constructively together, but there will be things we disagree on – ”
An exasperated Xi cut Trudeau off, saying, “Create the conditions, create the conditions, OK?”
He shook Trudeau’s hand and walked away.
Tensions between Canada and China hit a boiling point in 2018 when Canada detained Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, and China responded by arresting two Canadians on spying charges. All three were later released.
On Monday, Canadian police said an employee at Hydro-Quebec, Canada’s largest electricity producer, was charged with espionage for allegedly trying to steal trade secrets.

Xi Jinping/Justin Trudeau

HEAR IT: Hot Mic Catches China’s Xi Berating Justin Trudeau Over Leaks At G20

HEAR IT: Hot Mic Catches China's Xi Scolding Justin Trudeau Over Leaks At G20

Xi Jinping

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, displaying his wokeness in a manner to which many critics took umbrage, will appear on a television show devoted to contestants competing to be the “next global drag superstar.”
Trudeau appeared in a trailer for the show “Canada’s Drag Race” which has an episode titled “Canada vs. The World” premiering November 18. The show features a grand prize of $100,000 and the title of &#8220;Canada&#8217;s Next Drag Superstar.”
“We’re making herstory,” a picture from the show boasted as it showed a smiling Trudeau next to a drag queen.
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We&#39;re making herstory! 🇨🇦 We&#39;re honoured to welcome the Prime Minister of Canada <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinTrudeau</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CanadasDragRace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CanadasDragRace</a>, becoming the first world leader to appear on the Drag Race franchise!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CanadasDragRace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CanadasDragRace</a> Canada vs the World premieres November 18 at 9E on <a href="https://twitter.com/CraveCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CraveCanada</a>. <a href="https://t.co/wlDXSrMGEz">pic.twitter.com/wlDXSrMGEz</a>
&mdash; Canada&#39;s Drag Race (@canadasdragrace) <a href="https://twitter.com/canadasdragrace/status/1590026799903567875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trudeau was harshly criticized and mocked by some on social media:
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More Canadians than ever are resorting to food banks and skipping meals to afford necessities but this is what our prime minister thinks is important 🙄 <a href="https://t.co/ywemycTYHI">https://t.co/ywemycTYHI</a>
&mdash; Cosmin Dzsurdzsa 🇷🇴 (@cosminDZS) <a href="https://twitter.com/cosminDZS/status/1590040322645848064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Heard he got confused and thought the show was Canada’s Black Face. <a href="https://t.co/9apB1eAcFh">https://t.co/9apB1eAcFh</a>
&mdash; Chris Tomlinson (@TomlinsonCJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomlinsonCJ/status/1590040561628897280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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So did he lose <a href="https://t.co/9hiFTqfFr8">https://t.co/9hiFTqfFr8</a>
&mdash; Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1590101837491081216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trudeau, who has been documented wearing blackface and brownface, was mocked in August after celebrating Emancipation Day, posting a message acknowledging the “painful history of slavery in Canada” and celebrating &#8220;the strength of Black communities.”
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Today, we acknowledge the painful history of slavery in Canada. We also celebrate the strength of Black communities, who fought – and continue to fight – for justice and equality. Together, let’s keep building a more inclusive Canada. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmancipationDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EmancipationDay</a> <a href="https://t.co/j74xyImflw">https://t.co/j74xyImflw</a>
&mdash; Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1554090384665546753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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When Trudeau was 29, he dressed as Aladdin at a an Arabian-Nights-themed annual dinner at an expensive Vancouver private school, wearing brownface makeup. The photo was displayed in the 2000-01 yearbook for West Point Grey Academy. When he was in high school, he wore blackface to apparently pose as famed singer Harry Belafonte.
When the photo of Trudeau was revealed in 2019, Andrew Scheer, the Conservative party leader, reacted, “I was extremely shocked and disappointed when I learned of Justin Trudeau’s actions. Wearing brownface is an act of open mockery. It was just as racist in 2001 as it is in 2019. What Canadians saw this evening was someone with a complete lack of judgment and someone who is not fit to govern this country,” the <a href="https://nationalpost.com/pmn/elections-pmn/reactions-to-canadian-pm-trudeaus-brown-face-2001-picture">National Post</a> reported.
Social media reacted to Trudeau’s celebratory tweet:
&#8220;Gaslighting racist! You dress in blackface. You grope women. You fire indigenous women. You implement racist vaccine policies. YOU ARE THE RACIST,&#8221; one user tweeted.
The tweet about firing indigenous women referenced Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s first indigenous attorney general and minister of justice. It had been reported that Trudeau’s office had attempted to force her to help a construction company avoid a corruption trial.
In her book, “‘Indian’ in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power,” Wilson-Raybould <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-in-that-moment-i-knew-he-wanted-me-to-lie-jody-wilson-raybould-recalls/">wrote of a meeting</a> with Trudeau three days after the front-page story in The Globe and Mail broke.
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As soon as the story broke, the Prime Minister said that “the allegations in The Globe story this morning are false. Neither the current nor the previous attorney-general was ever directed by me or by anyone in my office to take a decision in this matter.”
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At a second meeting, she recalled, “He asked if I trusted him. He also asked if I trusted his judgment to build a team. &#8230; ‘I want to believe in you and trust in you,’ I replied. ‘But it is hard to separate the two questions. I do not trust the people around you any longer.’”
“I could see the agitation visibly building in the Prime Minister,” she continued. “His mood was shifting. I remember seeing it. I remember feeling it. I had seen and felt this before on a few occasions, when he would get frustrated and angry. But this was different. He became strident and disputed everything I had said. He made it clear that everyone in his office was telling the truth and that I, and by extension Jessica Prince, my chief of staff, and others, were not. He told me I had not experienced what I said I did. He used the line that would later become public, that I had &#8216;experienced things differently.&#8217;”
“I knew what he was really asking,” she wrote. “What he was saying. In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie – to attest that what had occurred had not occurred.”

CANADA-US-DIPLOMACY-BLINKEN-TRUDEAU

Justin Trudeau Celebrates Drag Queens On Television

Drag Queens

Television

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada’s</a> new rules regarding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handguns</a> go into effect on Friday, putting into place restrictions on handguns inside of the country and expanding on previous attempts to prevent imports.
&#8220;We have frozen the market for handguns in this country,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/justin-trudeau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-bans-new-handgun-sales-imports-latest-gun-action-2022-10-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a press conference in Surrey, British Columbia.
&#8220;As we see gun violence continue to rise &#8230; we have an obligation to take action,&#8221; Trudeau noted. &#8220;Today our national handgun freeze is coming into force.”
“Our government is taking Canada’s most significant action on gun violence in a generation. We made a commitment to Canadians that we would act — and we are. The national freeze will tackle the alarming role of handguns in crime, gender-based violence, and more,” Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino <a href="https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2022/10/21/freezing-market-handguns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
The new rules prevent the purchase, sale, or transfer of handguns within the nation. It was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-canada-introducing-new-extreme-gun-control-measures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> earlier this year along with proposed measures that would put forward the strictest gun control actions in Canada in four decades. The legislation is still being considered in Parliament. No newly obtained handguns are <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/canada-trudeau-announces-ban-handgun-sales-transfers-saying-fewer-guns-means-safer-communities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed</a> to be brought into Canada from another country as well.
“Fewer guns mean safer communities,” the prime minister’s website noted. “Handguns are the weapon of choice in most firearm-related crimes, which is why limiting the number of handguns is a critical part of our plan to protect Canadians from gun violence.”
“Canadians have the right to feel safe in their homes, in their schools, and in their places of worship. With handgun violence increasing across Canada, it is our duty to take urgent action to remove these deadly weapons from our communities. Today, we’re keeping more guns out of our communities, and keeping our kids safe,” Trudeau said in a statement.
In the past, Trudeau has weighed in on America’s politics, whether it comes to Second Amendment Rights or the right to life.
&#8220;Unfortunately, the reality is in our country [gun violence] is getting worse and has been getting worse over the past years,&#8221; Trudeau <a href="https://people.com/politics/justin-trudeau-points-us-gun-violence-freeze-handgun-sales-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in May. &#8220;We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action, firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and more difficult to counter.”
Trudeau has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trudeau-comes-to-the-help-of-american-women-in-getting-them-access-to-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that “women’s right to choose” is supported in Canada, adding that Canada will “help out in the United States if [they] need to.” He also called it “horrific” when the Supreme Court ruled to effectively overturn Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision this summer.

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Trudeau Officially Freezes Handguns

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Officially Freezes Handgun Sales, Purchases, Transfers In Canada

Gun Control

Guns

Leftism

Canadian Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/justin-trudeau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Trudeau</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/watch-canadian-pm-trudeau-wants-to-help-american-women-get-abortions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wants</a> to assist American women in accessing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a>.
&#8220;In Canada, we support unequivocally women&#8217;s right to choose. It is a fundamental tenet of freedom,&#8221; Trudeau <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaLeaf/status/1572760543915556865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1572760543915556865%7Ctwgr%5Ee3ae06f8ac3af909b64a32ccc6ebdbdc91159f9e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/watch-canadian-pm-trudeau-wants-to-help-american-women-get-abortions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “[It] is a fundamental tenet of our society. We stand up for women’s rights.”
&#8220;As we see in the United States attempts to roll back rights that women have fought for for generations, the idea that there are young girls growing up in the United States who will have less rights over their own bodies than their mothers did is exactly what Canadians, Americans, and people all around the world are so concerned about,&#8221; he added.
“We need to make sure we are standing up for people’s rights and freedoms. In Canada, we will do that by ensuring access to abortion for every Canadian who wants it and we will make sure we continue to fight for better health and reproductive rights all around the world. It used to mean being there to fight for health and reproductive rights in the global south. We&#8217;ll help out in the United States if we need to, as well,&#8221; Trudeau told the press at the United Nations on Wednesday.
“In Canada, it is medical professionals who make determinations around what is best for mothers, particularly in late terms,” he said. 
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Canadian PM <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinTrudeau</a> says he is willing to help ensure women in the U.S. who want an abortion can get one. Here’s what he told reporters at the United Nations. <a href="https://t.co/bvI5zIu5bu">https://t.co/bvI5zIu5bu</a> <a href="https://t.co/I59G495HqK">pic.twitter.com/I59G495HqK</a>
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This is not the first time the Canadian politician has weighed in on the abortion debate in the United States, <a href="http://politico.com/news/2022/06/24/trudeau-roe-v-wade-response-00042316" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling</a> it “horrific” when the Supreme Court effectively ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision this summer. 
“My heart goes out to the millions of American women who are now set to lose their legal right to an abortion. I can’t imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now,” he reportedly said on Twitter. “No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body.”
Trudeau also mentioned the topic at a summit in Rwanda on the day the ruling was released.  
“Today I think of those generations of women around the world and specifically in the United States who fought so hard to gain rights … and are facing this devastating setback,” he said. “It shows how much standing up and fighting for rights matters every day.”
In Canada, there is no law <a href="https://nafcanada.org/history-abortion-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concerning</a> abortion. Rather, it falls under the same rules as other medical practices and is regulated in local jurisdictions and groups. In 1988, the <a href="https://nafcanada.org/history-abortion-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">procedure</a> was <a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2022/abortion-access-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decriminalized</a> in the country.

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Trudeau Comes To The ‘Help’ Of American Women In Getting Them Access To Abortion

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wants To Help American Women Get Abortions In Canada

Abortion

A spokesperson for Canadian Prime Minister <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/justin-trudeau/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Trudeau</a> responded to critics after video surfaced of him singing Queen&#8217;s &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; while in London for the late <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/queen-elizabeth-ii/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s</a> funeral services.
&#8220;After dinner on Saturday, [the] prime minister joined a small gathering with members of the Canadian delegation, who have come together to pay tribute to the life and service of Her Majesty,&#8221; the spokesperson explained in a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62965838" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The statement went on to add several details — namely that the pianist with whom Trudeau was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/little-high-trudeau-mocked-over-hotel-lobby-bohemian-rhapsody-singalong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">singing</a> was actually a renowned musician who also hailed from Canada.
&#8220;Gregory Charles, a renowned musician from Quebec and Order of Canada recipient, played piano in the hotel lobby which resulted in some members of the delegation including the prime minister joining,&#8221; the spokesperson continued, later adding, &#8220;The prime minister has taken part in various activities to pay his respects for the Queen.&#8221;
Charles, one of the delegates from Canada invited to attend the late queen&#8217;s funeral, told <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-queen-funeral-canada-delegation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Globe and Mail</a> that he had just sat down to entertain the other members of the delegation. &#8220;Everyone sang with me for two hours. That was the feeling, that was a lot of fun,&#8221; he said.
The prime minister took some backlash after the video — showing Trudeau singing along beside a piano, dressed in a dark red t-shirt — began to circulate on Twitter.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s team is defending his actions, after he was caught singing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” at a London hotel ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. <a href="https://t.co/R7YalVuekF">https://t.co/R7YalVuekF</a> <a href="https://t.co/KIanbn5wJR">pic.twitter.com/KIanbn5wJR</a>
&mdash; CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSMornings/status/1572220334476070913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When the queen passed, I remarked in the morning staff meeting: &#8216;I&#8217;m already embarrassed about Trudeau&#8217;s future performance at the funeral,'&#8221; Sheila Gunn Reid <a href="https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1571935495210532866" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a crystal ball, but that is one predictable idiot right there.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that Justin Trudeau singing Bohemian Rhapsody was disrespectful to the queen but I know enough about karaoke to assume it was disrespectful to Queen,&#8221; music journalist Adam Feibel added.
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I don&#39;t think that Justin Trudeau singing Bohemian Rhapsody was disrespectful to the queen but I know enough about karaoke to assume it was disrespectful to Queen
&mdash; Adam Feibel (@adamfeibel) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamfeibel/status/1572003942153814018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So many on radio and here saying @JustinTrudeau latest antics in London are &#8216;no big deal.&#8217; &#8216;We all grieve in our own ways.&#8217; Wrong,&#8221; former Canadian Ambassador to Israel Vivian Bercovici tweeted. &#8220;He is the @CanadianPM representing [Canada] at a week of mourning for the Queen. Our head of state. This isn&#8217;t about Justin. But he should grow up.&#8221;
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So many on radio and here saying…<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinTrudeau</a> latest antics in London are “no big deal.” “We all grieve in our own ways.” Wrong. He is the <a href="https://twitter.com/CanadianPM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CanadianPM</a> representing 🇨🇦 at a week of mourning for the Queen. Our head of state. This isn’t about Justin. But he should grow up.
&mdash; Vivian Bercovici (@VivianBercovici) <a href="https://twitter.com/VivianBercovici/status/1571971985483378688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trudeau Spox Says PM's Queen Karaoke Was No Big Deal Because The Pianist Was A Famous Canadian

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-canadas-justin-trudeau-gets-booed-in-london/">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau</a> is facing a backlash from angry citizens inspired to level testimonial-style Twitter takedowns, with one of the most damning coming from his own half-brother.
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Kyle Kemper, who Trudeau’s mother had with her second husband, Fried Kemper, has joined the #TrudeauMustGo movement on Twitter, renewing his sibling feud. And while Kemper’s criticism of his half-brother is not entirely new, it seems to have hit a fever pitch.
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“I’m a 37 year old father of 4.5, entrepreneur, crypto OG &amp; proud Canadian,” Kemper tweeted Saturday, following a format sweeping the nation. “For 2 decades I’ve been calling BS on the corporatocracy and my brother Justin Trudeau  has become a captive in their scheme. It’s time #TrudeauMustGo and for Canada to become a sovereign nation again.”
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I’m a 37 year old father of 4.5, entrepreneur, crypto OG &amp; proud Canadian. For 2 decades I’ve been calling BS on the corporatocracy and my brother <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinTrudeau</a> has become a captive in their scheme. It’s time <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrudeauMustGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrudeauMustGo</a> and for Canada to become a sovereign nation again.🧵 <a href="https://t.co/XwaKiNRF29">pic.twitter.com/XwaKiNRF29</a>
&mdash; Kyle Kemper Ж (@kylekemper) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylekemper/status/1571278086326435840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trudeau sparred with conservatives earlier this year when he push vaccine mandates on the country, sparking the Freedom Convoy movement that shut down Ottawa for weeks. He has survived an election challenge, but has faced growing opposition from citizens and rising conservative leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/canadians-are-hurting-conservative-party-leaders-lopsided-victory-presents-challenge-to-trudeau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pierre Poilievre</a>.
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The “Trudeau Must Go” hashtag trended on Twitter over the weekend, after a Calgary engineer named Martin Belanger posted an emotional retort to Trudeau’s declaration earlier this year that people who don’t want the COVID vaccine “don’t believe in science, they are misogynistic, often racist” and should not be “tolerated.”
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Trudeau delivered the remarks in French, and Belanger said he was translating the clip when he realized the message was aimed at people like him. He responded with a tweet that went viral and sparked Kemper’s similar testimonial and thousands more.
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“I’m a 55 year-old Canadian,” Belanger’s tweet read. “I’m married, father to 4, university educated &amp; perfectly bilingual. I’m an engineer, solving problems for 35 yrs. I’m a volunteer hockey coach &amp; an avid outdoorsman. According to Trudeau, I’m an extremist who needs to be dealt with.”
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I&#39;m a 55 year-old Canadian. I&#39;m married, father to 4, university educated &amp; perfectly bilingual. I&#39;m an engineer, solving problems for 35 yrs. I&#39;m a volunteer hockey coach &amp; an avid outdoorsman. According to Trudeau, I&#39;m an extremist who needs to be dealt with. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrudeauMustGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrudeauMustGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/N9VDe8nPR0">pic.twitter.com/N9VDe8nPR0</a>
&mdash; Martyupnorth&#39;s fact-checking twin brother® 🚜 (@Martyupnorth_2) <a href="https://twitter.com/Martyupnorth_2/status/1569703193453694980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The effort spawned hundreds of similar tweets, where Canadians described themselves as well-meaning, hard-working, decent folks and ended their messages by saying Trudeau considers them extremists and the hashtag, “TrudeauMustGo.”
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“I am a surgeon and a poet. I was fired for voicing safety concerns about covid shots for children,” <a href="https://twitter.com/essaysbyfrancis/status/1571659658720583680?s=20&amp;t=IppzazpByiP83JWxNc-ZFw">wrote Dr. Francis Christian</a>. “I support freedom and truth. According to Trudeau I am a white (actually I am brown!) nationalist, racist and misogynist.”
“I&#8217;m a 35 year old father of 2, married to a ER nurse who was fired for not wanting to get the shots while pregnant with our third,” <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyVanderha1/status/1571703352580345856?s=20&amp;t=IppzazpByiP83JWxNc-ZFw">read a tweet from Jeremy Vanderhaar</a>. “I&#8217;m a tradesman in a small town. I stood with the truckers in Ottawa, and am everything socialite Trudeau hates.”
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Lawyer-turned YouTube sensation David Freiheit, who goes by Viva Frei online and is a fierce critic of Trudeau, said the movement is getting to the prime minister. He cited Trudeau’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/little-high-trudeau-mocked-over-hotel-lobby-bohemian-rhapsody-singalong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bizarre hotel lobby performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody</a>” while in England for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral as evidence.
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“The only reason Justin Trudeau would defile Bohemian Rhapsody so publicly and so proudly while in England for the solemn occasion of the Queen‘s funeral is to try and start another hashtag to supplant the #TrudeauMustGo hashtag,” Freiheit tweeted. “That’s how diabolical Trudeau is.”
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Kemper, in a lengthy thread, said he loves his brother, but repeated past criticism that Trudeau is listening to the wrong people and implementing misguided policies.
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“To my brother Justin Trudeau: I hold love and space for you,” Kemper tweeted. “Your words and actions over the past two years have been deplorable and morally repugnant. I believe you are acting under duress and it’s time for you to release yourself from the spells that bind you.”
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Trudeau and other Canadian liberals initially claimed the hashtag trended because it was propelled by “bots” sending out phony testimonials. The hashtag <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/lilley-liberals-dismiss-the-very-real-trudeaumustgo-campaign/ar-AA1216Vo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly garnered more than 500,000 tweets or interactions</a> before Twitter stopped displaying the figures over the weekend.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Announces Minor Cabinet Shuffle

Justin Trudeau’s Half-Brother Turns On ‘Morally Repugnant’ Sibling As Hashtag Backlash Grows

Justin Trudeau's Half-Brother Turns On 'Morally Repugnant' Sibling As Hashtag Backlash Grows

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&#8220;This is not my victory. It is yours.&#8221;
A smiling Pierre Poilievre made the promise with passion as he delivered his election victory speech to an exuberant crowd of supporters earlier this month.
The fiery new leader of Canada&#8217;s Conservative Party was elected on Sep. 10 in a landslide 68-16% vote over his more moderate opponent.
&#8220;Tonight begins the journey to replace an old government that costs you more and delivers you less with a new government that puts you first, your paycheck, your retirement, your home, your country,&#8221; Poilievre <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGn-E826dAU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> to applause and chants of &#8220;Freedom!&#8221; at the downtown Ottawa convention center.
Poilievre, an energetic firebrand populist, has aggressively taken aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s progressive agenda. Now, the newly-minted Conservative leader is positioned to be a thorn in Trudeau&#8217;s side at the very least and a formidable force that torpefies the Liberal Party prime minister&#8217;s agenda at most.
Although only 43, Poilievre is a career politician of nearly two decades whose ambition and appeal to the everyday Canadian have catapulted him to the top of government. Born in Calgary, the former cabinet minister has been a member of Parliament since age 25 and led his campus conservative club at the University of Calgary.
Poilievre&#8217;s moderate opponent Jean Charest likened his opponent&#8217;s scorched-earth style to the American right wing, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/10/canada-conservative-pierre-poilievre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chastising</a> his party for seemingly following America&#8217;s lead with &#8220;a divisive approach based on slogans.&#8221; Indeed, Poilievre has been compared to former U.S. President Trump in opinion <a href="https://theweek.com/canada/1016628/does-canada-have-its-trump">pieces</a> and even <a href="https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/09/Spring-Election-Pitting-Trudeau-Against-Poilievre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cartoons.</a>
Poilievre did attempt to extend an olive branch to progressive members of the party, <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pierre-poilievre-wins-conservative-leadership-on-first-ballot-1.6063223" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> they are &#8220;one party serving one country.&#8221; However, he has shown no signs of backing down from a fight with what he considers an oppressive Liberal government, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62882751" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promising</a> to &#8220;fight tooth and nail&#8221; for Canadians.
Over his seven-month campaign for party leader, Poilievre attacked Trudeau on everything from vaccine mandates to Canada&#8217;s spiking inflation, which he <a href="https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1537870263358001158" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dubbed</a>  &#8220;Justin-flation.&#8221;
Earlier this year, Poilievre voiced <a href="https://twitter.com/pierrepoilievre/status/1488264488457367552" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> for the anti-vaccine mandate trucker convoy that blocked the U.S.-Canada border, even <a href="https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1542610025834655744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1542610025834655744%7Ctwgr%5E93b091c2eda4ba061b0c035928949bebf75eb540%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalnews.ca%2Fnews%2F8959365%2Fcanada-day-convoy-james-topp-far-right-pierre-poilievre%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walking</a> with an army veteran who marched to Canada&#8217;s capital in protest of the mandates.
His election comes as Canadians look back on over two years of draconian health restrictions that were spawned by COVID but seem to <a href="https://news.paxeditions.com/news/buzz/us-lawmakers-push-ottawa-scrap-arrivecan-feds-should-improve-communication-says-coates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never end</a> and have harmed Canada&#8217;s post-pandemic economic recovery. One Canadian pastor made international headlines for being repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pastor-jailed-for-holding-church-service-during-canadas-lockdown-wins-legal-victory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a>, fined, and jailed for weeks, including one dramatic arrest in the middle of a busy highway, after defying Canada&#8217;s restrictions on church services.
Government overreach in Canada appears to have expanded beyond pandemic restrictions as well. In one horror story, a father was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jailed-canadian-father-still-fighting-childs-gender-transition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jailed</a> for opposing his minor daughter&#8217;s medical gender transition and is still fighting a daunting and expensive legal battle as his money dwindles.
More recently, <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220622/dq220622a-eng.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spiking</a> inflation and overall uncertainty have demoralized Canadians further.
Poilievre has <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/11/pierre-poilievre-fire-tiff-macklem-canada-bank-debate-00032012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would fire the head of Canada&#8217;s central bank for failing to control inflation and has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-15/bank-of-canada-becoming-atm-for-trudeau-conservatives-warn?leadSource=uverify%20wall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the bank Trudeau&#8217;s personal ATM machine for his &#8220;insatiable spending appetites.&#8221;
&#8220;When government ruins the finances of the nation, it ruins the lives of its citizens,&#8221; Poilievre <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/12/trudeau-poilievre-inflation-canada-00056231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week during his first caucus address as party leader.
&#8220;We know that people are hurting across this country,&#8221; he said.
Later in the day, Trudeau made a plea for unity.
“Now is not the time for politicians to exploit fears and to pit people one against the other,” Trudeau said at a Liberal caucus retreat.
The prime minister could not resist a barb at his brand new opponent though.
&#8220;Buzzwords, dog whistles and careless attacks don’t add up to a plan for Canadians,&#8221; Trudeau added.
Trudeau has touted a progressive wishlist of policies.
The prime minister has an aggressive climate change <a href="https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2022/eccc/En4-460-2022-eng.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> that includes slashing oil and gas emissions to 42% below 2005 levels by 2030. He has also <a href="https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2022/06/21/statement-prime-minister-national-indigenous-peoples-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prioritized</a> woke checklist items like government support for Canada&#8217;s indigenous population. Trudeau also scored a major win for his agenda earlier this year when his mammoth $8 per day government-subsidized child care <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-secures-subsidized-child-care-deal-11648498008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">package</a> was approved.
Canadians are not responding with the enthusiasm Trudeau hoped, though.
Trudeau&#8217;s job approval has sunk to around 40%, even lower than President Biden&#8217;s 43% approval, <a href="https://morningconsult.com/global-leader-approval/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Morning Consult. More than half of Canadians say they do not approve of Trudeau&#8217;s job performance.
If those numbers signal Canadians are ready for a change, Poilievre has an opportunity to be the architect.

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