We have so much to learn from our neighbor to the north, especially when it comes to coping with the COVID19 outbreak.
Where Donald Trump is down here talking about building walls and shutting down travel to the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is up there teaching us a thing or two about compassion and tolerance and understanding and inclusiveness.
Oh, wait:
AP: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will close his country's border to non-citizens amid pandemic.
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) March 16, 2020
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will close his country's border to non-citizens amid pandemic.
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1239608693957648389
JUST IN: Canada is closing its borders to non-citizens because of the coronavirus pandemic, PM Justin Trudeau announces. https://t.co/1RxRrRa3BW pic.twitter.com/3wtsmfGp5e
— CNBC (@CNBC) March 16, 2020
Canada shuts down borders to all but Canadian citizens, some family & diplomatic exceptions, and (at this time) American citizens, to help control coronavirus spread. pic.twitter.com/sgy8ccfNJu
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) March 16, 2020
But … but …
BREAKING: Canada is closing border to non-citizens and non-residents of Canada. Whatever happened to the government's line that "a virus knows no borders"? (Air crews/diplomats/immediate family/US citizens exempt).
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) March 16, 2020
Were you lying, Prime Minister Trudeau? Or are you just a racist racist who racisms?
Xenophobia. https://t.co/8StNg4kZat
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 16, 2020
First the blackface. Now this. #smdh https://t.co/mIORQHCLDS
— Take precautions against the Wuhan virus (@jtLOL) March 16, 2020
I was told this was racist. https://t.co/e8s3qK5CHg
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 16, 2020
So racist https://t.co/4N30ltwpqJ
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) March 16, 2020
So now closing borders isn't racist?
— Colin (@Colin__007) March 16, 2020
President blackface back at his racist antics https://t.co/17jOs8oedn
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) March 16, 2020
We should’ve known he’d pull something like this. The bastard.
In all seriousness, though:
Two weeks after Trump. This is a complete failure of leadership on the part of Trudeau. https://t.co/Kvq15qk11F
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) March 16, 2020
Just maybe we shouldn’t be looking to Canada for examples of good leadership, hmm?
