Justin Trudeau praised Volodymyr Zelenskyy for defending the values that he called “the pillars of democracy” – freedom, human rights, justice, truth and international order.
Unfortunately, Canada is more like a buttress than a pillar when it comes to propping up democracy — it doesn’t carry much weight and what it does bear is done from a safe distance.
Trudeau welcomed the Ukrainian president to “our House” and offered hollow words about our “unwavering and steadfast support.”
But that support does waver when it comes to providing the aid that Zelenskyy is seeking — modern anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles and fighter jets — mainly because we don’t have any that are fit for purpose.
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