Justin Trudeau finally admitted Friday that he regretted not choosing his words more carefully when he labelled the convoy protesters on Parliament Hill last year a “small fringe minority.” His mea culpa came on the heels of Commissioner Paul Rouleau agreeing that the Emergencies Act was justified to deal with nationwide lawlessness — but he pointed the finger at the prime minister, saying his comments emboldened the demonstrators and suggested they made the occupation worse.
The prime minister’s comments may have been directed at a small number of people with reprehensible views, Rouleau said, but they “were interpreted by many as referring to all Freedom Convoy participants.” But after months of sidestepping the question and arguing he’d acted to keep Canadians safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and would “not back off,” Trudeau acknowledged he wished he had phrased his words differently.
Rouleau accepted the Liberals’ broader interpretation of the law, that what constituted threats to the safety of Canada didn’t have to be constrained to the definition of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act as defined by CSIS itself. The government met the threshold, he argued, because no other law could be used effectively, and said cabinet was right to consider factors such as economic threats that seriously endangered the lives and health of Canadians.
Although he found it would have been “preferable” for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, on the eve of the invocation, to share details of the latest police plan, Rouleau believed it wouldn’t have made a difference. By then, cabinet had “valid” concerns about police leadership in Ottawa and had repeatedly been told about plans that never showed results.
Canada has a dictator JustinTrudeau supported by CBC and CTVNews propaganda! This brainwashing of ignorant Canadians is worse than what happened in Nazi Germany! Canadians should know better but don’t care SAD!
Didn't he JUST say on national TV that he didn't call people ANY names? What a pathetic liar! TrudeauBrokeCanada TrudeauMustGo
Time yu go home lia to canedian
Trucker convoy was a fringe minority of conspiracist anti-vaxxers?
So where’s your apology Althia?
But he was entirely right,!
Finally! A regret.
It wasn't the ' Freedom Convoy' this is a misnomer, it was Diesel and Gas, pollution a lot of fossil pollution, at the end, of the day, what did it accomplish, they blockaded Windsor, bridge, making the supply shortage worse, the ineptness, of the Government. slow to act.
Ya but they were.
We regret that JustinTrudeau is Canada's PM. TrudeauForTreason TrudeauBrokeCanada TrudeauMustGo
More accurately, they were Fascists trying to overthrow democracy.
Arguably that is exactly what they are, but regretting the statement is reasonable given the abuse he received from the small fring minority.
well, i mean, terrorism is terrorism. They were demonized because of their lawlessness.
Opinion: toronto star is a disgrace newspaper
The world is laughing at this clown and our country.
I don't believe him for one second.
We all know he is a compulsive liar
But, I don’t regret calling Althea Raj a Liberal hack journalist
Lol! THIS!
Just like you!
The truckers may send boxes of Kleenex to help him from drowning in his sorrow.
Why regret speaking the truth?
But they were so he was right.
Do u regret saying there’s now place on earth for the unvaccinated ?
I too sometimes regret calling things what they are.
Actually, he regrets not calling them AntiVaxxerTerrorists!
😂 Was Althia Raj, the ridiculous reporter who asked that Q? He was being nice. They were worse than the fringe minority.
He was right...and only said out loud what we were all thinking.
No he doesn't. He regrets nothing. Narcissists don't have the capacity to feel regret.
He called them more names than that. Does he regret the on-air use of the Hitleresque terms “racists”, “misogynists” and asking “should we tolerate these people?”
Does MSN regret all of their spinning?
Thoughts?
🤣
So what? He insulted a few far right, insurrectionist MAGA types. Good.
Oh really...and what about all his 'mostly peaceful' supporters!?
He wanted an “insurrection” but didn’t get it
Trudope nothing but a purebred dictator.
Well, then, over to us : SMALL FRINGE MINORITY! At 110 decibels.
sure
Sounds like he got it right the 1st time. A small group of ppl with an aggressive response, including harassment of fellow Canadians living in their communities. They may not like it, but they weren't representing the majority nor how society resolves disagreements.
It could have been worse. He might have called them out for the Russian assets they are.
So basically... Canada's worst Prime Minister realizes that antagonizing a mob is a bad idea. That's common sense... for most people... unfortunately common sense is uncommonly absent from Trudeau Liberals
Last time I checked, that small fringe minority were Canadians - the people he is suppose to be leading. This is not how I want the leader of my party to act - it’s embarrassing. Yesterday was a low point for the party I’ve actively supported for 20 years.
This man has a lot of regrets but keeps making the same mistakes. Genuine regret brings change. This man is a fraud.
They were a small fringe minority, I don't see the issue with this.
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