Politics

When it comes to building pipelines, Canadians are at a crossroads. The fallacy that you can’t be both pro-environment and pro-pipeline is one that is jeopardizing thousands of well-paying jobs.

A Léger Marketing poll conducted between April 18-22 for The Canadian Press that surveyed 1,522 eligible Canadian voters suggests that Justin Trudeau and his government will be tossed from power after just one term. The results were weighted to reflect the makeup of Canada’s population. Only 27 per cent of respondents said they would vote again for Trudeau’s Liberals.

Many international criticisms have accused the Belt and Road Initiative of being a “predatory debt trap” favouring China’s own interests.

The Trudeau government cut the funding for a permanent national memorial to Canada's mission in Afghanistan that would recognize and honour the 158 fallen soldiers and the many more wounded.

While many countries are fully supportive of this initiative, others remain skeptical towards it. Here is an outlook of what 10 BRI participants have said about the initiative.

“I cannot understand why they’re making us a dumpsite” - President Rodrigo Duterte