Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was recently asked if he would ever consider negotiating directly with the “Freedom Convoy” protesters to get them to leave. Trudeau will not. He feels the discussion was recently addressed, fully, at the ballot box: “(s)o having a group of people who disagree with the outcome of an election, who want to go a different way and bring in an alternative government, is a non-starter in a responsible democracy.” Read More
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