TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose family’s ties with the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro go back decades, mourned the loss of a “remarkable leader” on Saturday, sparking a flurry of criticism and humor at his favorable tone.
Castro, who died on Friday aged 90, won support for bringing schools and hospitals to the poor but also created legions of enemies for his ruthless suppression of dissent.
Trudeau’s comments on Castro were markedly more positive than most Western leaders, who either condemned the revolutionary leader’s human rights record or tip-toed around the subject.
Instead, Trudeau warmly recalled his late father’s friendship with Castro and his own meeting with Castro’s three sons and brother – Raul, Cuba’s current president – during a visit to the island nation earlier this month.
“While a controversial figure, both Mr. Castro’s supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for ‘el Comandante’,” Trudeau said in the statement.
He called Castro “larger than life” and “a legendary revolutionary and orator.”
Fidel Castro was an honorary pall bearer at the 2000 funeral of Trudeau’s father, former prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. In 1976, the senior Trudeau became the first NATO leader to visit Cuba since its revolution, at one point exhorting “Viva Castro!” more
Examples here
https://twitter.com/i/moments/802651965326929920
The same miasma that choked us out in 08 & 12 apparently drifted north.
He actually seems just as embarrassing to sane Canadians as Obama/Jarrett was to us. And brother, that’s a low bar to ooze under.
This is why we here in Canada can’t have nice things.
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/11/26/trudeau-attacked-worldwide-for-castro-statement/
I say we invade Canada.
This is what you get when you elect a snowboard instructor as leader.
GIGO
doofus
BILLY, THAT WOULD TAKE OUR SALVATION ARMY AWAY FROM CHRISTMAS DUTIES!!
Blame Canada.
@Norman Einstein; hey, he was never a snowboarder. His career consisted of professional student, bar bouncer and second grade teacher. Look, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and his father, Pierre Trudeau was a socialist light back then and loved all things Castro although I suspect that a lot of the “love” was just done to tick off the US. Trudeau the Younger will continue to look like an ass and wreck the economy and with luck maybe a lot of the idiots that voted for him and put him in office will realize their mistake in time for the next election.
We should also remember A. Hitler, who loved his dog, was a devoted husband who was beside his wife when she died, and made the trains run on time.
Canada’s Obama. Never elect anyone Trudeau or read a “comic strip” by someone named Trudeau. Is Trudeau French for outhouse?
Maybe Castro was his daddy.http://magafeed.com/is-justin-trudeau-the-son-of-fidel-castro/
@scr, I just calls it the way I sees it.
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/breaking-out-of-bounds/