Posted on 02/17/2025 6:18:11 AM PST by lasereye
"Canada and Canadians will never stop fighting for the friendship that unites our two countries," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a speech.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending a powerful message at the Closing Ceremony of Prince Harry's Invictus Games.
On Feb. 16, Trudeau appeared at the final event of the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 and stepped out on stage at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada. There, the prime minister shared a congratulatory message for all the athletes and their families at the international adaptive sporting event, which the Duke of Sussex founded in 2014 to support wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans.
During his speech, he addressed Team U.S., telling the crowd: "If you’ll permit me, a quick word to the American team — our neighbors, our allies, our friends. I’m reminded of that old joke: I went to a fight last night, and a hockey game broke out," he said in an apparent reference to the USA vs. Canada NHL 4 Nations Face-Off on Feb. 15, which the U.S. won.
"I know, my American friends, you’ve been reminded this past week that your Canadian friends and every other competitor in this place is just as proud to fight for their flags as you are to fight for yours — the stars and stripes," he said.
"We all stand proudly together. We all believe in a future where we have values and a friendship that endures the test of time," he continued. "We have stood together for generations and Canada and Canadians will never stop fighting for the friendship that unites our two countries through tough times and through the best times in the world. Americans are our friends, always. And we are yours."
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He doesn’t understand that stirring Canadian patriotism is exactly what PDJT intended.
Patriotism is bad for globalist tweaks like him.
Bingo!
It’s my understanding “the Duke of Sussex” didn’t found the games. It was given to him to give him something to do?
You must not have looked too hard. ;-)
That was no “fight for friendship”. I seem to remember Canada’s truckers gathering a lot of sympathy and support from Americans while their own government de-banked and crushed them.
our two countries
The U.S. and Cuba?
Trudeau could have given the best speech in the world. But the simple combination of Trudeau and Prince Harry and these pretentiously self-promoting “Invictus Games” is so nauseating that I would not have been able to listen without throwing up.
Agreed.
It seems a strange choice of verb -- "fighting." Sounds like a marital squabble.
Yes. It broke my heart to hear their boos, but I sure understood.
It has the name of God in there. I don’t that was the idea.
“Never stop fighting for the friendship that unites us.”
As for “fighting,” Canada has 12 frigates and 4 submarines. The frigates were built in the 1990s. They are all past their productive lifetime, are long overdue for replacement. The frigates now spend most of their time in port.
The four subs are coastal defense submarines, purchased from the UK during the 1980s. All four have been disasters in terms of operational readiness.
Canada is unable to defend its territorial waters, no less make a proportional contribution to NATO defense of the North Atlantic.
We don’t need to be lectured by the head of a government that fails to met its NATO obligations. If we have to defend Canada because of its strategic geographic position, we should take it over.
Stop disrespecting our anthem you bucky beaver pukes or else we’ll send the Cub Scouts to invade and turn you into our 52st state!
You’re ‘fighting for a friendship’. ?
Seriously.
I think you need to rethink how friendships are made.
Turdy kissing Trump’s @$$.
They’ll put up a token fight for what little pride they have left, but if they were forced to pay the true cost of their freedom from international aggression, they would surrender faster than the French in 1940.
I was born in Canada, and I’m proud of what they used to be. But I hold no illusions about what 60 years of Liberal decay have wrought.
“fighting for friendship” Yeah, a bunch of Canadians booed the US national anthem at a recent match and the US players came out fighting.
Pi$$ on you, Castro’s little bastid.
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