Rex Murphy: Trudeau and Biden double down on efforts to destroy our economy

U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau converse at the White House during the North American Leaders' Summit on Nov. 18, 2021. PHOTO BY JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS

 

Here is a perfect symmetry. Trudeau wants to kill the oil and gas industry.

The Three Amigos?

I beg your pardon.

Is that an appropriate nomenclature for a conclave of the three finest minds in the statesmanship of our present-day world?

What ugly slur next — the Sombrero Summit? Enough of these careless and undignified representations.

Surely a meeting between leaders of the intellectual stamina of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and particularly that giant of international understanding and competence — a Churchill for our time — U.S.

What ugly slur next — the Sombrero Summit?

For Canadians the most significant outcome was the thoughtful response of President Biden to our prime minister’s concern over U.S. determination to give a most healthy direct subsidy to anyone in the United States willing to buy electric-powered vehicles. A subsidy of $12,000. This is not small change. In fact, it’s almost half of the cost of a government jet flying one way from Ottawa to, say, Tofino, B.C.

According to news reports, Trudeau was very concerned that this subsidy would kneecap the Canadian — he meant Ontarian — auto industry.

Source: Rex Murphy | NP