Justin Trudeau Really Wants You To Know He Opposes Justin Trudeau’s Immigration Policies

By Spencer Fernando, Exclusive to the National Citizens Coalition

The Liberals were once firmly in the centre of the Canadian political spectrum.

No longer.

Facing an existential crisis following the 2011 election, the Liberals were saved by ‘Trudeaumania’ in 2015.

But, while this brought the party survival and success in the short term, the long-term cost to the Liberals looks like it will be much higher than many predicted.

The party has largely been hollowed out and replaced with a quasi-personality cult built around Justin Trudeau.

Those who dissent – even politely – are quickly pushed back into the shadows.

Those who speak their minds and have their own strong sense of ethics (such as Jody Wilson-Raybould), are shunned.

And those who thought the Liberals were still a reasonable and moderate centrist party (like Bill Morneau), have discovered that is no longer the case, and have been replaced with those advocating for a more partisan and reckless policy agenda.

Now, it’s the Justin Trudeau Party.

And for the Justin Trudeau Party, the answer to every question and the fix for every problem is always “more Justin Trudeau”.

Consider Canada’s immigration system.

It was once the envy of the world.

It helped build a nation that was prosperous, diverse, stable, free, and relatively unified around core values.

It struck a balance between openness and economic necessity.

And it was so successful that it was often held up as an example by our neighbours to the South – including both Democrats and Republicans.

The system worked well under Liberal Prime Ministers and Conservative Prime Ministers.

It worked well under majority governments and minority governments.

Until the Justin Trudeau Party took over.

Justin Trudeau decided that our well-running immigration system needed massive changes instead of mild adjustments.

He skewed the system away from focusing on Canada’s economic well-being and ramped up immigration numbers to an unsustainable level.

As people began to raise concerns about the impact of such a rapid and aggressive policy shift, those concerns were dismissed by the Trudeau government and often cast as coming from a place of prejudice.

Until of course the Trudeau Party began to fear for their political fortunes.

You see, it’s always ‘unacceptable’ to talk about a problem facing our country until the very moment when the Trudeau Party decides that it’s acceptable.

And now, not only is it acceptable to talk about the need to reduce immigration, but Justin Trudeau is desperate for you to know that he opposes the failed immigration policies of the guy who has been in the Prime Minister’s Office for the past nine years.

In a recent video – which was clearly an attempt to mimic Pierre Poilievre’s communication style – Trudeau admitted that the Liberal government could have reduced immigration earlier, and then pinned the blame for the dysfunctional system on ‘bad actors.’

Of course, those ‘bad actors’ were only able to exploit the system because the Trudeau Government allowed them to do so. Bad actors related to immigration have been around forever, and will always be around. As long as there are poor nations people want to flee, wealthier nations people want to flee to, and a limited amount of immigration slots per year, there will be those who exploit desperation and try to game the system.

What Trudeau wants you to ignore is that he is the primary ‘bad actor’ here. As the Prime Minister, he is ultimately responsible for the decision to raise immigration levels by such an extreme amount. He is ultimately responsible for shifting the focus of the immigration system away from Canada’s economic well-being to wage suppression, and worker replacement.

This isn’t even about ‘blaming’ or ‘attacking’. It’s simply observing reality and responding to reality.

Justin Trudeau made a series of decisions that resulted in Canada’s immigration system being turned from something that benefitted the country to something that hurts the country, even sabotages.

Justin Trudeau made a series of decisions that have strained our already-struggling social services, weakened social cohesion, and lowered our standard of living.

For him to now expect credit for campaigning against himself is absurd, but unsurprising from someone who has shut out reasonable criticism and surrounded himself with yes-men and yes-women.

Fundamentally, Justin Trudeau is failing to understand how things work in a country like Canada. In a democratic nation we don’t give political parties and personality cults endless opportunities to fix their mistakes. We vote them out of power and give another group of people a chance.

Justin Trudeau had his time to govern. He made things worse. Now, it’s time for a change.

Spencer Fernando is one of the most popular and prolific political voices in Canada. He is a writer and campaign fellow for the National Citizens Coalition. Join the mailing list to receive his exclusive weekly columns in your inbox.

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