“Obviously we’re concerned and we’re following … the situation as it unfolds,” Trudeau told Vancouver radio station News1130 in the mid-afternoon interview. “There is an important electoral process unfolding in the United States and I think we all want it and need it to unfold properly and peacefully. Trudeau tweeted that “Canadians are deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy in the United States, our closest ally and neighbour.”He added, “Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“The storming of the Capitol Building is an astonishing assault on freedom and democracy,” he said. In Brampton, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh watched the chaos unfold from his brother’s home, where he has spent the fall in order to limit interprovincial travel between Ottawa and his B.C.

Source: thestar January 06, 2021 20:57 UTC