At a recent news conference, demonstrators showed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau how they felt about his plummeting approval ratings by yelling and banging drums.
Video reports show that while speaking about a $6 billion housing development in Halifax, Nova Scotia, two dozen protestors were chanting that Trudeau wasn’t wanted there and playing traditional indigenous drums. While Trudeau spoke about government initiatives, the demonstrators’ shouts overpowered him.
Recently, two indigenous fishermen in Nova Scotia were reportedly abandoned by federal fisheries officials hours away from their homes, without shoes or phones, prompting the local indigenous population to stage a protest.
Trudeau has claimed that Diane Lebouthillier, the Minister of Fisheries, would conduct an investigation.
Conservatives and several liberals have argued that the federal government’s policies, including its handling of inflation and immigration, are to blame for the steep increase in home prices.
At a recent news conference, Trudeau admitted that his current policy of annually admitting millions of short-term migrants has proven unsustainable. However, he said that his government would continue to allow 500,000 permanent residents to enter each year.
The population of Canada reached 40 million in 2022, thanks to the admission of around 1 million immigrants, both temporary and permanent.
Several government measures, like more extensive carbon fees, have proven controversial in recent months, leading to a rise in protests against Trudeau.
According to recent surveys, the Liberal Party’s popularity has plummeted due to the scandal-plagued administration. If the Canadian federal election were to take place today, the Conservatives led by Poilievre would defeat Trudeau’s Liberals and take control of the House of Commons, according to polls.
According to a new survey, seventy percent of Canadians think the nation is in shambles because Trudeau ignores the problems residents are facing, such as excessive inflation. Most Canadians said in January that their financial situation has worsened since Trudeau came to power.
In addition, with the current deadline set for the autumn of 2025, 46% of Canadians in a January survey wanted the federal election to be held earlier.
