{"id":1281661,"date":"2022-02-08T12:55:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281661"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:55:48","slug":"canadian-left-accuses-justin-trudeau-of-leaving-leadership-void-after-vanishing-to-undisclosed-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-left-accuses-justin-trudeau-of-leaving-leadership-void-after-vanishing-to-undisclosed-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Left Accuses Justin Trudeau of Leaving &#039;Leadership Void&#039; After Vanishing to &#039;Undisclosed Location&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-left-accuses-justin-trudeau-of-leaving-leadership-void-after-vanishing-to-undisclosed-location%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281661&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Far-left Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing mounting frustration in his side of the political aisle for failing to act in the face of growing \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protests against coronavirus-related mandates \u2013 frustration he tried to stem by making a last-minute appearance in Parliament on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/01\/31\/justin-trudeau-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-as-anti-vaccine-mandate-truckers-hit-ottawa\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that he had tested positive for Chinese coronavirus on January 31 and that he would be recovering in an undisclosed location. The announcement immediately preceded the arrival of a \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d of trucks into Ottawa, where they have been parked since, honking in protest and demanding an end to vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and all restrictions on civil rights imposed by the Trudeau government in the name of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Ottawa protest has been, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/02\/01\/canada-police-all-options-on-the-table-to-end-peaceful-trucker-protests\/\">police<\/a>, largely peaceful, attracting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/04\/canada-freedom-convoy-protester-family\/\">families<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/02\/04\/kraychik-fact-fiction-ground-canada-freedom-convoy\/\">creating<\/a> a party atmosphere in the city\u2019s downtown. The prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/31\/justin-trudeau-on-dodging-tinfoil-hat-truckers-i-talk-to-protesters-i-agree-with-like-blm\/\">emerged<\/a> once during his quarantine to broadcast remarks from his undisclosed hideout dismissing the protesters as deranged, racist conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concerns expressed by a few people gathered in Ottawa, right now, are not new, not surprising, are heard, but are a continuation of what we\u2019ve unfortunately seen in disinformation and misinformation, online conspiracy theorists, about microchips, about God knows what else that go with tinfoil hats,\u201d Trudeau rambled early on in his isolation period.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family have reportedly fled their home in Ottawa for \u201ca secret location,\u201d as thousands of truckers traveling in a \u201cfreedom convoy\u201d to protest vaccine mandates made their way to its capital city. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMKF6EEw8z\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZMKF6EEw8z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1487804085348839425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Trudeau made few comments and announced no policy to deal with the protests \u2013 which have spread beyond Ottawa to Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and several points along Canada\u2019s southern border \u2013 prior to his last-minute appearance in Parliament on Monday. The&nbsp;<em>Toronto Star<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/2022\/02\/07\/stop-hiding-justin-trudeau-attends-debate-after-critics-slam-him-for-silence-on-freedom-convoy-protest.html\">observed<\/a> that Trudeau offered the Canadian people \u201cnearly four full days of silence\u201d before resurfacing in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/08\/canada-pm-justin-trudeau-belittles-freedom-convoy-a-few-people-shouting-and-waving-swastikas\/\">used<\/a> the opportunity on Monday to repeatedly associate the entirety of the anti-mandate protests with \u201cswastikas\u201d and demand that the protest movement \u201chas to stop.\u201d He again refused to discuss meeting with protesters or addressing any of their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s stance on the protests have naturally irked conservatives, but his appearance Monday did little to stem growing complaints on the left that he has no plan to end what leftists consider a \u201ccrisis\u201d in the government\u2019s relationship with the Canadian people. Among those concerned is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejagmeetsingh\/status\/802734505920524289?lang=en\">communist<\/a> leader of the New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh, who called Monday night\u2019s Parliament meeting and <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/ottawa-residents-protesters-scheduled-to-clash-in-court\">lamented<\/a> that Trudeau has simply \u201cnot been visible\u201d during the affair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19802354\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238220081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19802354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238220081-1024x731-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"707\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A protester dressed as the fictional character \u201cWaldo\u201d, holds up a sign asking where is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on February 5, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. (Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his letter to Parliament House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota, Singh described the peaceful protests as putting Ottawa \u201cunder siege\u201d and, while not mentioning Trudeau, wrote, \u201cin times of crisis, it is important for federal leaders to show leadership, to urge deescalation, and to work together to find solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s CTV broadcaster also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/facing-calls-to-do-more-trudeau-says-trucker-convoy-has-to-stop-1.5770927\">noted<\/a> that Trudeau is facing growing complaints from both sides that he is \u201cbeing M.I.A. amid crisis.\u201d Columnists at some of Canada\u2019s largest papers, who clearly expressed no sympathy with the protest movement, published similar complaints.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhere is the Prime Minister? Has he got nothing? What is he doing about this?\u201d columnist Campbell Clark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-trudeaus-late-show-in-ottawas-long-vacuum-of-leadership\/\">asked<\/a> in the pages of the&nbsp;<em>Globe and Mail<\/em> on Tuesday. Clark suggested that Trudeau\u2019s Parliament appearance must have been the product of Trudeau himself becoming aware of the growing frustration with his \u201cleadership void.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How DARE blackface enthusiast Justin Trudeau call ANYONE &#8220;racist.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8PcwfHl8i\">https:\/\/t.co\/y8PcwfHl8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1488888992938483712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter Ottawa\u2019s mayor asked for a huge surge of police, Mr. Trudeau promised the feds would make available the resources the city needs to end the protests. He said Transport Minister Omar Alghabra would work with provincial authorities to ensure protesters face consequences,\u201d Clark wrote. \u201cBut this was a belated effort 11 days into an episode that has seen authorities of all levels and politicians of all stripes fall short of actual leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Trudeau\u2019s surprise evening appearance was a belated attempt to throw something into the void of leadership \u2013 one that Ottawa residents have now seen at every level, and from every stripe,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>At the&nbsp;<em>Toronto Star<\/em>, columnist Heather Scoffield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/political-opinion\/2022\/02\/07\/justin-trudeau-used-to-call-out-angry-populism-why-is-he-so-quiet-now.html\">applauded<\/a> Trudeau for once being at \u201cthe forefront of efforts to keep aggressive populism at bay,\u201d and wondered where the Trudeau of the past had gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe demonstrators are not the face of law-abiding, mostly vaccinated Canadians, but of a fed-up public that is fraying in the face of repeated pandemic constraints and fears for the future,\u201d Scoffield alleged. \u201cTrudeau has made that case with clarity. \u2026 But there\u2019s no case for his near-silence to the broader Canadian public about the crisis that has overrun Parliament Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scoffield acknowledged Trudeau\u2019s coronavirus diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, Trudeau has been confined to isolation after he and two of his children tested positive for [Chinese coronavirus]. But officials say he is feeling fine,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAnd Trudeau, more than anyone, knows how to reach out to the public from the confines of his home office. Indeed, he has made several virtual appearances over the past 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643765950098000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23AQC9DygBP6Uvx2AKooEo\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643765950098000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1V8tY067ZdeWpATK5ZWNXI\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing mounting frustration in his side of the political aisle for failing to act in the face of growing \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protests against &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1281661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}