Picture this. You have a chance encounter with the leader of the country and about 10 seconds to say precisely what is on your mind. Would you go the polite route, engaging in small talk and going about your way?
Or would you do what this woman did?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the midst of pressure from his own Liberal Party to resign due to his extreme lack of popularity amongst the people, was ruthlessly heckled by a woman while on vacation at a British Columbia ski resort.
Video on social media shows the woman spotting Trudeau near a parking area and calling out, "Mr. Prime Minister."
Trudeau, perhaps envisioning at least one fan still willing to publicly fawn over his presence, turns around and walks toward the woman, beaming and offering his hand for a greeting.
What happens next is pure poetry.
"Please get the f**k out of BC," she says straight-faced.
UNWELCOME: Justin Trudeau is so unpopular he can’t even hide at the ski hills from dissatisfied Canadians showing their contempt to him. pic.twitter.com/r8kwt6kedm
— Rowan (@canmericanized) December 27, 2024
To his credit, Trudeau handled the situation as well as a public figure could, maintaining his smile and responding, "Have a beautiful day, ma'am."
Undaunted, the woman, later identified by the Toronto Sun as Emily Duggan, fires back, "Yeah, you suck."
To be clear, I do not condone this kind of behavior. It's really no better than when resistance freaks in pink hats were chasing Trump officials out of restaurants years ago. Discretion, as they say, is the better part of valor. Don't bother people at grocery stores. Don't bother them when they are with their families.
But that's just me.
Duggan expressed some level of regret in an interview with the Sun, most notably because of the young boy in the video, who was presumably Trudeau's 10-year-old son Hadrien.
She was "surprised" that it just came pouring out of her mouth.
"It was nice to say it to his face,” Duggan told the newspaper, because “he’s just made some bad policies (and) called some good people some bad names.”
Trump Told Trudeau if He Can’t Stop Ripping Off the US, Maybe Canada ‘Should Become the 51st State’
That said, Trudeau is currently reaping what he has sown. The woman says her personal breaking point came with how the PM handled the pandemic and forced vaccine mandates upon the citizenry.
You may recall he was behind using brute strength and law enforcement to squash a peaceful protest of truckers who vehemently opposed COVID lockdowns. Protesters, in some instances, were arrested, had their bank accounts temporarily frozen, and were threatened with action against their children and pets.
Videos at the time showed an elderly woman, along with others, being knocked over by police horses as they peacefully protested.
This is disturbing. Is the woman with the walker trampled by Mounted Unit horses alive? Is she in surgery? Has @SIUOntario been notified? Do you have any concerns or comment @OttawaPolice @JustinTrudeau @fordnation @JimWatsonOttawa - Why? pic.twitter.com/X251vZiIaq
— Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) February 18, 2022
The new video of Trudeau being heckled comes as President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly treated the PM as his own personal punching bag, suggesting Canada should stop ripping off the United States or maybe consider being annexed.
"We are told that when Trudeau told President-elect Trump that new tariffs would kill the Canadian economy," Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy reported earlier this month.
"Trump joked to him that, 'If Canada can't survive without ripping off the US to the tune of $100 billion a year, then maybe Canada should become the 51st state and Trudeau could become its governor," Doocy added.
Trump would go so far as to suggest that the hockey great Wayne Gretzky would make a better Canadian prime minister.
Trump sets him up with the jabs, and Ms. Duggan floors him with the "you suck" uppercut. Not only did she deliver, but she was also hobbled by injury, like Kirk Gibson in the '88 World Series, and still delivered.
The woman hurt her knee on the slopes earlier in the day. According to the Sun, Trudeau even seemed impressed when she blasted him under those circumstances.
“Did you really hobble all the way over to say that to me?” he reportedly asked.
Again, not condoning her actions. But you have to kind of, sort of, maybe admire this woman a bit. Trudeau isn't a saint by any stretch.
This is a man with a deep history of controversy, having been embroiled in a blackface scandal and offering praise for late dictator Fidel Castro, whom he described as a “remarkable” man who was “recognized (for) his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people."
The self-described feminist has also been accused of groping a reporter.
Duggan was right. He does suck. And everybody seems to agree on that matter these days.
Trudeau is facing intense pressure to resign from both his own Liberal Party and from opposition leaders, primarily due to his plummeting popularity and a series of political and economic missteps.
The pressure intensified following the resignation of his finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, amid policy disagreements.
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