St-Léonard reacts to Trudeau apology
St-Léonard’s councillors have responded to Justin Trudeau’s formal apology to the Italian community over the internment of Italian-Canadians during World War II.
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david90 14:05 on 2021-05-28 Permalink
Does Trudeau have a dedicated staff member tasked with poring over the historical documents to identify things for which he can apologize?
Kate 14:34 on 2021-05-28 Permalink
I think there’s been some pressure on for this apology since Mulroney apologized to the Japanese internees in 1988. The Italian situation was a little different, because a few of the people involved actually were supporters of Mussolini, but the mood of the time allowed for a wide net and none of the Italian internees were ever charged with anything.
If there’s anything governments need to apologize for, en masse, it’s the instances in which they’ve ignored habeas corpus.
dhomas 18:37 on 2021-05-28 Permalink
@David# Reading the story, I can see that every single party with elected officials, from the Conservatives to the Greens, agreed with the apology.
Do you also find fault with those other parties and their leaders? Are you dedicated to poring over everything Trudeau does to identify things for which you can fault him?
Chris 12:21 on 2021-05-29 Permalink
Criticizing a prime minister, who ever he is at the time, seems eminently appropriate. Withholding criticism because you’re ideologically aligned, on other hand, is exactly not appropriate (not saying anyone here is doing that). Finding fault with other parties and their leaders is great too, but they’re not in power, so it’s less pressing to hold them to account.
I think david90’s jab is spot on. Trudeau has been much stronger on virtue signaling than actually addressing issues.
dhomas 12:35 on 2021-05-29 Permalink
When Trudeau campaigned on doing as much as possible for climate change, for example, then bought a frickin oil pipeline, I called him out on it.
Apologizing on behalf of the nation he currently leads for being shitty in the past to a certain group of individuals? It costs virtually nothing and is just a decent thing to do. If a party other than the Liberals would have done it, I doubt David# would have had any problem with it either.