The PM should be a cheerleader for his country, but Trudeau also wants to be the moralizer-in-chief and hang an albatross around Canada’s neck

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be suffering from cognitive dissonance as he assumed the role of cheerleader-in-chief on Monday at an investment announcement in Ontario.

Canadians need to do a better job of cheering for the country and its achievements, he said in a high-energy, effusive, almost breathless speech.

“Canadians don’t do a good enough job of cheering for ourselves day in and day out,” Trudeau said, as he referenced the Olympics. “Yes, it’s about cheering our extraordinary young athletes. But it’s also about cheering for ourselves.”

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This is the same prime minister who less than two weeks ago, in a dour and sombre announcement, said Canadians needed to reflect on the “dark chapter” of slavery in this country. Whereas, in truth, by 1793 Canadians were leading the world in combating the scourge of slavery.

It was also Trudeau who had flags across the country lowered for six months so Canadians could “mourn” the horror of unmarked residential school graves. Three years after the finding of those “anomalies,” no........

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