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Vol. 29, Issue 19, January 16, 2025
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Jean Chrétien: Canadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S. By Jean Chrétien Today is my 91st birthday. It’s an opportunity to celebrate with family and friends. To look back on the life I’ve had the privilege to lead. And to reflect on how much this country we all love so much has grown and changed over the course of the nine decades I’ve been on this Earth. This year, I’ve also decided to give myself a birthday present. I’m going to do something in this article that I don’t do very often anymore, and sound off on a big issue affecting the state of the nation and profoundly bothering me and so many other Canadians: The totally unacceptable insults and unprecedented threats to our very sovereignty from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. I have two very clear and simple messages. To Donald Trump, from one old guy to another: Give your head a shake! What could make you think that Canadians would ever give up the best country in the world – and make no mistake, that is what we are – to join the United States? I can tell you Canadians prize our Long Term independence. We love Forecast our country. We have Thursday built something here that High -4 Low -16 is the envy of the world – Friday when it comes to High -2 c o m p a s s i o n , Low -11 understanding,
tolerance and finding a way for people of different backgrounds and faiths to live together in harmony. We’ve also built a strong social safety net – especially with public health care – that we are very proud of. It’s not perfect, but it’s based on the principle that the most vulnerable among us should be protected. This may not be the “American Way” or “the Trump Way.” But it is the reality I have witnessed and lived my whole long life. If you think that threatening and insulting us is going to win us over, you really what Canadians want to see – what they need to don’t know a thing about us. You don’t know that see. It’s called leadership. You need to lead. when it came to fighting in two world wars for Canadians are ready to follow. I know the spirit is there. Ever since Mr. freedom, we signed up – both times – years before your country did. We fought and we Trump’s attacks, every political party is speaking out in favour of Canada. In fact, it is to my great sacrificed well beyond our numbers. satisfaction that even the Bloc Québécois is We also had the guts to say no to your country when it tried to drag us into a completely defending Canada. But you don’t win a hockey game by only unjustified and destabilizing war in Iraq. playing defence. We all know that even when we We built a nation across the most rugged, satisfy one demand, Mr. Trump will come back challenging geography imaginable. And we did it with another, bigger demand. That’s not against the odds. diplomacy; it’s blackmail. We m a y l o o k e a s y - g o i n g . M i l d We need another approach Next publication of – one that will mannered. But make no mistake, we have spine break this cycle. and toughness. the Chapleau Express Mr. Trump has accomplished one thing: And that leads me to my second message, will be on to all our leaders, federal and provincial, as well He has unified Canadians more than we have been ever before! leaders across our country January 9th, All 2025 as those who are aspiring to lead our country: Cont’d on P.8 Start showing that spine and toughness. That’s
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