Right-wing MAGA politics caused Conservatives to turn backs on Ukraine, Trudeau claims [View all]

Right-wing MAGA politics caused Conservatives to turn backs on Ukraine, Trudeau claims

PM says Conservative claim that trade deal would impose carbon tax on Ukraine is 'absurd'

Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Nov 24, 2023 12:55 PM EST | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-says-tories-turn-back-on-ukraine-1.7039122

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American-style MAGA politics has caused the Conservative Party of Canada to abandon Ukraine in its hour of need, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

Trudeau made the comments a day after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilivere said his party voted against the updated Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement in the House of Commons because it would compel the war-torn country to implement a carbon tax. The agreement does no such thing.

Asked about the Conservatives' opposition to the trade deal while attending the closing press conference of the Canada-European Union summit in St John's, Trudeau called the party's excuse for rejecting the agreement "absurd."

"The real story is the rise of a right-wing, American MAGA-influenced thinking that has made Canadian Conservatives — who used to be among the strongest defenders of Ukraine, I'll admit it — turn their backs on something Ukraine needs in its hour of need," Trudeau said alongside EU Commission President Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen.

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