OPEN LETTER TO JUSTIN TRUDEAU
By Greg Meakin
February 19, 2022
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:
I remember the day you were born. I told a schoolmate in Dorval Quebec that the baby in diapers, born on Christmas Day 1971, would be a Prime Minister some day. I was twelve, but I was right.
I voted for your dad, twice. My mother told me to. She was a Liberal teacher’s union member, and told me she’d “lose her pension” if a Conservative was elected.
I lived through your dad’s War Measures Act in 1970. The army on the streets of Montreal, and hundreds of arrests without warrants, lawyers, or bail. It was a scary time, at least to me.
I left Canada for the United States in 1983 (much due to your father’s leadership, actually) and am a dual-citizen living in Arizona. I don’t miss snow, but I do miss Montreal hockey!
As I watch the Freedom Convoy 2022 debacle unfold up north, I am heartbroken. I am sad (and shocked) to say that I feel happier, safer, and much more free living in the United States this week. I never thought I would say that, when referring to my beloved Canada.
The level of Freedom Convoy protest “resistance” is of course dwarfed by the George Floyd “mostly peaceful protests” in the states, only a few years ago. The hideous violence, looting, burning, and murders that occurred throughout US cities – mostly in the name of Black Lives Matters and Antifa – was surprisingly supported (directly or ad hominem) by so many politicians and leaders…like you.
There were scores of deaths, and up to $2-billion in property damage. To this day, I have never heard you denounce Black Lives Matter, or that group having such an active “violence and funding” role during the George Floyd riots.
Is it because you personally like Black Lives Matter, and don’t like the Truckers’ mission? I just don’t understand. How could your reaction be so different, for such similar mass citizen protests?
Although I am shocked you have taken such an entrenched, partisan approach in dealing with the Freedom Convoy controversy, I offer a solution to the dilemma. You can implement it today!
A Mini-GregsList…
1. Hold a press conference
2. Let all Canadians know you have listened to both sides, and respect the positions of both sides. And to any person or group you have spoken poorly of…you apologize. (It is an emotional time for all, you included).
3. In view of science updates, and the concern for prolonging the Ottawa protest any further, you are lifting federal mandates and regulations pertaining to Covid-19, and you encourage all provincial Premieres to do the same.
4. You encourage all citizens, and companies, to be diligent and safe moving forward, and to choose what health and safety measures are best for them.
5. You declare Canada an Open Country again. Open for business, open for family, and open for Normal Life!
It is a time where I am gravely concerned with the direction Canada is headed under your leadership, ditto in the US with the Biden administration. That said, there are ways to build bridges across any raging river of partisanship. This would be one step forward – and perhaps a giant leap for freedom in Canada.
I urge you, Mr. Prime Minister – do the right thing for all Canadians, and declare your country open and free. Today.
Canadians and Americans are completely exhausted from the last two years. We all need to move on, and get back to life.
The ball is in your court, the puck is in your end, Mr. Prime Minister. I pray you make a decision to take the lead, and score a crucial victory…for all Canadians.
Respectfully,
–Greg Meakin
gregmeakin2020@gmail.com
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Greg Meakin is a dual citizen born in Portsmouth NH and raised in Montreal. He recently retired to publish full-time, in Arizona City AZ. He just released his third book, WHY I CAME TO AMERICA…and what I think now. The book is only available on his website, gregmeakin.com.