Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused Americans of “attacking women’s rights and progress,” citing not voting in female presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Harris was overwhelmingly defeated by President-elect Donald Trump in last month's election. “It shouldn't be that way. It wasn't supposed to be that way,” lamented Trudeau while onstage at an Equal Voice Foundation gala Tuesday night. Equal Voice describes itself as a non-profit “improving gender representation in Canadian politics.”.'YOU COULD BE GOVERNOR!': Trump tells Trudeau Canada could be the 51st state."We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult sometimes, march towards progress,” Trudeau told the audience.“And yet, just a few weeks ago, the United States voted for a second time to not elect its first woman president. Everywhere, women’s rights and women’s progress is under attack. Overtly, and subtly.”The first potential "woman president" Trudeau referred to was Hillary Clinton's 2016 election campaign. Clinton also lost to Trump.“But I want you to know I am, and always will be, a proud feminist.”.‘GOVERNOR TRUDEAU’: Trump trolls the PM after he claimed he’ll ‘punch back’ on US tariffs .Trudeau’s baseless accusations against Canada’s southern neighbours follows Trump’s taunting of Trudeau, calling him the governor of what could be America’s 51st state.The real issue between the two heads of state comes down to a tariff war. Trump last month said one his first day in the White House he will sign an executive order levelling 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico until its neighboring countries gained control of their respective borders..‘GOVERNOR TRUDEAU’: Trump trolls the PM after he claimed he’ll ‘punch back’ on US tariffs .Illegal drugs, namely fentanyl, and hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants flood America’s northern and southern borders each year, Trump said.Trudeau is set to meet with premieres Wednesday to discuss a response to the tariffs — though the prime minister earlier this week said he would take similar measures as last time, which included imposing tariffs on cherries, ketchup and playing cards.
