LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Provencher MP wrong about Trump

There may be a more useless MP than Ted Falk but I couldn’t begin to guess who it might be. This week he’s apparently miffed that Donald Trump thinks that PM Mark Carney said some things ‘that weren’t very nice.’ Because the U.S. is ‘our closest ally.’ Now I’m pretty sure Falk doesn’t write his weekly missive – sometimes it contains some pretty big words – but by God, he should at least read it before he gives it the green light.

Falk thinks we shouldn’t offend Trump. And why would anyone want to offend a president who a) said, “Canada lives because of the U.S.” b) has an administration which has been actively meeting with separatists from Alberta; c) said he’d start invading Canada’s airspace if it doesn’t buy America F-35s; d) cancelled all trade negotiations with Canada because of a TV ad he didn’t like; e) has repeatedly called Canada the 51st state. I mean I could go on but you get the drift.

Falk also pines that Trump withdrew his invitation to his ‘Board of Peace.’ An organization that Trump says, “will work to resolve global conflict …” I guess in Falk’s world he and his CPC party would love to make Canada a member of a ‘board’ with a $1 billion entry fee where Trump is the undisputed leader with full command of the money and full veto power. With members like Israel (lead by a war criminal illegally occupying Palestine and currently committing genocide), Saudi Arabia (where being gay is punishable by death) and Turkey (whose dictator Erdogan has dismantled all democratic checks and balances while controlling the judiciary and media) who wouldn’t want to join? I’m reminded of the old Groucho Marx line? “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”

Thankfully, the fact that Falk is completely feckless is irrelevant, because as long as ‘Axe the Tax’ Pierre Poilievre is the leader of the CPC (and keeps winning ‘elections’ where he’s the only candidate) his party has zero chance of forming any future government.