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Nov 30, 2016 · False. About this rating. On 26 November 2016, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked controversy by praising Fidel Castro in a statement about the former Cuban dictator’s death,...
Mar 4, 2022 · In the darker corners of the internet dwells a theory as outlandish as it is compelling: That the real father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the late Cuban dictator Fidel...
Feb 17, 2018 · A story claiming that Fidel Castro was the father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not true. The Canadian government denied it, Cuba has never claimed it and Trudeau’s parents never visited Cuba until several years after Justin Trudeau was born.
- Obtuse Words on A Departed Dictator
- Speaking About Authoritarian Regimes
- World Takes Notice of Trudeau
The statementseemed almost deliberately obtuse. Castro, Trudeau wrote, had "served his people for almost half a century" and was possessed of "tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people." Indeed, so dedicated and loving was Castro that he absolutely refused to let anyone else serve the Cuban people as president for 47 years, from 1959 to 2...
At some point on the social media battlefields, someone began passing around Stephen Harper's laudatory statementon the passing of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, another leader of another authoritarian regime. The failure of Western leaders to sufficiently or wholeheartedly condemn certain international regimes is a regular theme in i...
That the international press bothered to note Trudeau's controversy is vaguely flattering: perhaps Canada truly is back if even our national leader's gaffes are worthy of note. And within that might have been some nod to Trudeau's status as an international liberal icon. So this might then be a reminder for Trudeau that his words are considered wor...
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The death of Fidel Castro, at age 90, will trigger complex memories in many Canadians old enough to remember then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s landmark 1976 visit to meet with the Cuban...
- John Geddes
Feb 12, 2022 · An old falsehood resurfaces: that Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro’s son. Border blockades hit auto production on both sides of the border. Protesters flood Ottawa, and a border bridge is...
Nov 14, 2016 · Pierre Trudeau was 1st NATO leader to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba in 1976. John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2016 2:00 AM PST | Last Updated: November 29, 2016. In January 1976,...
