The temperature was around 28C in Barbados on Wednesday while, in our nation’s capital, people had to contend with a wind-chilled -17C.
This was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s coin-flip moment — either go to Barbados to beg Caribbean leaders for support in his quest for the two-year seat on the UN Security Council he so covets.
Or, hang tight in Ottawa.
From Ottawa, rather than Barbados, the PM could better witness the country he so weakly governs going quickly to hell via a series of illegal road shutdowns and railroad blockades, the most persistent being along the main CN corridor midway between Toronto and Montreal.
This is where the Mohawk of the nearby Tyendinaga reserve, along with the usual anti-pipeline suspects, have a rail barricade that is costing the country’s economy multi-millions a day in undelivered goods.
Bob Masterson, head of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, said this shutdown must end because 80% of his industry’s products — like jet fuel for planes and chlorine for water treatment — is shipped by rail.
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See Also:
(1) This crisis calls for mature leadership
(2) Blockades, derailment and fear dominate pipeline crisis
(3) For once, the House of Commons presents us an explicit contest of political philosophies
(4) Canadians want an end to the blockades, support police intervention, poll finds
(5) Via Rail temporarily lays off 1,000 employees as blockades snarl passenger service
