Food insecurity is a long-term problem that has exploded under the Liberals. It won’t be fixed with quick Christmas gimmicks

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Hot on the heels of videos showing Justin Trudeau “dad dancing” at a Taylor Swift concert, the prime minister is now posting selfies on social media of himself at a pub, beer in hand, with a big smile and friendship bracelets featured prominently on his wrist. It looks as if the prime minister hasn’t a care in the world.

Meanwhile, a northern Saskatchewan town has seen an outbreak of scurvy, a disease more often associated with the Middle Ages, or with unfortunate sailors enduring the hardship of sea voyages between the 15th and 19th centuries.

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The reason scurvy has arisen in modern-day Canada is because after nine years of Trudeau’s disastrous economic policies, people can’t afford to eat proper food. And if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods, then every person in this country can expect to feel the pinch.

Trudeau’s answer to these economic and food issues is for all Canadians to enjoy a GST/HST tax break on items such as beer, wine and snacks, which will hardly help the scurvy sufferers in Saskatchewan.

To ram the beer message home, the prime minister posted a........

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