‘Where Is Justin Trudeau?’ That’s the Question as Truckers Go Into High Gear

Rounding up some highlights and lowlights of news coverage outside the U.S.

A man holds a Bing Dwen Dwen doll purchased from a store selling 2022 Winter Olympics memorabilia in Beijing, February 7, 2022. AP/Andy Wong

While plenty of journalists in the U.S. have come out swinging liberally against the Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates, Canada’s National Post asked, “Where is Justin Trudeau?” The accompanying article from the New Democratic Party leader, Jagmeet Singh, criticized what many in Canada have seen as the prime minister’s absentee leadership. Regardless of whether the convoy protesters start to make their way home, as Mr. Trudeau politely asked in a subsequent emergency debate in parliament, one thing is clear: Canadian politics haven’t been this interesting since Rob Ford, Toronto’s sobriety-challenged mayor, crashed onto the international scene in 2014.

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