OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – We are now approaching two weeks of the Freedom Convoy’s presence in Ottawa, and the literal gridlock that has gripped the nation’s capital is mirrored by the political standstill taking place in the Canadian parliament.
The Conservatives have – finally – latched themselves onto a freedom-oriented approach and are lobbying with all their might for the Prime Minister get over his own “ego” and finally end the punitive, worthless, and unwarranted vaccine segregation mandates and emergency measures.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as is to be expected, is repeating himself like a trained parrot, saying nothing but out of touch slogans about vaccines and science and swastikas to avoid the questions.
However, there is a mutiny brewing within the Liberal Party, and things are not going Trudeau’s way. So far two Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs) have broken ranks and accused the Prime Minister of dividing Canadians, using COVID as an excuse to put a wedge between people for political gain. Both MPs say they represent a growing faction in Trudeau’s own party.
In addition, the Toronto Star, which is colloquially called the Red Star for its left-wing editorial bent, published a cartoon today poking fun at Trudeau.
Please enjoy my #JustinTrudeau cartoon in today’s @TorontoStar #cdnpoli #FreedomConvoy pic.twitter.com/nkeKAOJkDU
— Theo Moudakis (@TheoMoudakis) February 10, 2022
In a saner time, all newspapers would poke fun at all politicians, but we are not in a saner time. The Toronto paper never goes after Trudeau under any circumstances. Moreover, they are paid handsomely by Trudeau’s cronies for their service to the party – not Orwellian at all…
Rebel News chief Ezra Levant – perhaps one of the last honest and principled newsmen in Canada – caught this development and tweeted his insight.
When Trudeau’s lost the Toronto Star, his days are numbered. Expect a raft of loving stories about Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. https://t.co/UwDvgvCUYU
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
Levant smells blood in the water regarding Trudeau’s fate, and so do I. It might be sooner than we think that his fracturing government gives in to the truckers’ demands.
The founder of Rebel News released an epic Twitter thread last night, laying out his opinion on the protest standstill with Parliament, and he predicted a possible outcome, which seems probable, even likely.
1. I think I know how this trucker rebellion is going to end. Hear me out. pic.twitter.com/FPgKEyxus3
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
Levant pointed out in his analysis that Trudeau’s usual tactic of calling everyone “racist sexist Nazis,” just doesn’t seem to be working.
“No-one believes it anymore, especially when everyone can see for themselves how happy and Canadian the crowd is,” he tweeted.
“They see thousands of Canadian flags but they hear Trudeau snarling about Nazi flags. Suddenly Trudeau looks old and out of touch.”
3. No-one believes it anymore, especially when everyone can see for themselves how happy and Canadian the crowd is. They see thousands of Canadian flags but they hear Trudeau snarling about Nazi flags. Suddenly Trudeau looks old and out of touch. pic.twitter.com/K0VzwBCmbL
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
Levant pointed out how Trudeau’s polling numbers are plummeting like Joe Biden’s approval rating. And the newsman rightly called into question the political wisdom of ordering a violent police action against the protesters.
9. That video is bad enough. But imagine going truck by truck, extracting men, women and children? Here’s a vid from the Coutts border crossing. What’s Trudeau going to do — shoot them? Policing doesn’t work when the bulk of citizens don’t consent. pic.twitter.com/Pv37mQ51XV
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
In addition to the terrible optics, massively important border crossings are now log-jammed and international trade is at a standstill between Canada and the U.S. This will cost almost half a billion dollars per day in productivity. If Trudeau will not back down because of his own ego and resentment for Canadian working-class people, then what is the way out?
Levant thinks the solution will come from south of the border. He highlighted a video with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki where she fielded a question about the Canadian freedom movement from a reporter.
14. For all her flaws VP Psaki can control her emotions, unlike Trudeau and Butts. Trudeau thought demonizing truckers somehow made him look better, so he doused the fire with kerosene. Psaki was conciliatory and friendly. Why?
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
Levant is correct in saying that Psaki seemed “conciliatory” when talking about the truckers. Of course, she said some gobbledygook about vaccines protecting people from COVID, even though the jabs don’t stop transmission and wane within weeks or months of injection.
However, Psaki could have echoed the leftist nonsense about the truckers, calling their movement an “insurrection” or “occupation.” She could have easily called them white supremacists if she wanted to. It would not be out of step with leftist operating procedure. So why not?
The Rebel chief opined that a similar movement arising in the U.S. would be a political disaster.
“Visual proof of Biden’s economic failure on TV every night. Alienating working class voters Biden needs so desperately this November.”
16. Imagine what a trucker rebellion would do in the U.S. Supply chain mess. Inflation. Unemployment. Visual proof of Biden’s economic failure on TV every night. Alienating working class voters Biden needs so desperately this November.
Trudeau’s mess is creeping over the bridge.
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
Even Democrat states are responding to the Freedom Convoy pressure, Levant believes, with many more states coming out and lifting mask mandates, “looking for a graceful exit for Fauci.”
“Biden doesn’t need this staring contest,” he wrote.
Levant’s final prediction is that Biden will get the CDC to announce that “the Science has evolved again,” and for some reason truckers don’t need to be vaccinated. This would make Biden look like he saved the day and jobs. And at no point has the Biden admin demonized truckers; this is objectively a smart move.
“But all cross-border trucks do round trips. So if Biden ends the vaccine mandate, Trudeau has to, as well,” Levant tweeted.
26. To save the U.S. economy from a trucker rebellion, Joe Biden will lift his trucker vaccine mandate. Trudeau will have to follow, though he will be so enraged he’ll probably punch through the drywall.
I can’t see much further into the future than that.
What do you think?
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 10, 2022
With this prediction, I believe Ezra Levant has offered the most measured and reasonable prediction about what could happen. If anyone understands the inner workings of Parliament, it is he. Levant may very well have the most cunning political mind in Canadian media.
That said, I would like to offer a further prediction: I believe Trudeau will resign.
Trudeau is psychologically an adolescent and a man who seems to lack integrity. He has a temper, he has a huge ego, and he has no humility. How will a man of such weak character recover from having to cede to a group of blue-collar truckers after staking his entire political legacy on demonizing and destroying them?
He is facing a mutiny within his party, and the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP)–Canada’s socialists–has just flip-flopped on his support for Trudeau.
Jagmeet Singh is now calling for an “exit” from the pandemic. This means that everyone in Ottawa knows that Trudeau’s days are numbered, and that attaching oneself to him is a losing proposition.
For all we know, we Canadians could be going to the polls within days. If the NDP joins the Conservatives in a non-confidence vote, that would force a snap election. There is no way that Trudeau would win an election if called right now, and his party, the media, and his friendly opposition all know it.
This means he will be on board with a vote of non confidence against Libs, which would lead to a snap election.
Conservatives will win in a landslide, NDP will become official opposition https://t.co/yGD1uxssNh
— Kennedy Hall holds unacceptable views (@kennedyhall) February 10, 2022
Trudeau is a spoiled teenager, and he treats his office like a part-time job. What do spoiled teenagers do when their feelings are hurt, and they get into trouble at work? They storm out, quit, and blame everyone else.
Leaving, he would say something like: “I have worked hard for Canadians, but a far-right element has taken over, and I am concerned about the state of our democracy. As such I will give someone else a chance who has fresh eyes, and I will continue to fight for the rights of Canadians who are terrified of the racist and sexist movement taking place in our country. Therefore, I will be working with the World Economic Forum to….” You get the point.
I might be wrong, but I don’t see another way out.