{"id":197279,"date":"2019-01-11T01:46:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T06:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=197279"},"modified":"2019-01-11T01:46:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T06:46:05","slug":"trudeau-faces-questions-about-immigration-trade-saudi-arms-deal-in-regina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/11\/trudeau-faces-questions-about-immigration-trade-saudi-arms-deal-in-regina\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau faces questions about immigration, trade, Saudi arms deal in Regina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThey have openly stated that they want to kill us, and you are letting them in,\u201d the man said Thursday at the meeting held at the University of Regina.(File Photo<\/a>: Justin Trudeau\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

REGINA \u2014 Prime Minister Justin\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0faced blunt questions from people at a town hall in Regina including one from a man who fears Canada’s immigration policies are putting lives at risk.<\/p>\n

The man told\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0that Canada’s policy threatens freedom, that Islam and Christianity don’t mix and suggested that some immigrants want to kill Canadians. It was met with a chorus of boos from the nearly 1,000 people in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have openly stated that they want to kill us, and you are letting them in,\u201d the man said Thursday at the meeting held at the University of Regina.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0seemed taken aback, but answered that Canadians can have confidence in the system. He said immigrants help bolster the economy and make communities more resilient.<\/p>\n

\u201cSir…How am I going to go on this one,\u201d\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0replied. \u201cCanada is a country that was built on immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another man chided the prime minister for signing the new trade agreement with the United States.<\/p>\n

Courtland Klein, 38, who works at the Evraz steel fabrication plant in Regina, said the federal government should have walked away from the deal because of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0said that wasn’t possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know here that steel and aluminum are extraordinarily important, but so are agricultural exports, so are the billions of dollars worth of trade that every part of the country does with the United States \u2014 our most important market every single day,\u201d\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Klein, who was wearing a \u201cI love pipelines\u201d T-shirt, said afterwards that he had friends outside protesting against the carbon tax and for the construction of pipelines.<\/p>\n

Some protesters held signs with slogans such as \u201cCanada Needs Pipeline Jobs\u201d and several tractor-trailers honked their horns as\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0started the event.<\/p>\n

Klein has worked at Evraz for 15 years and said his whole family works in the oil and gas industry. He’s concerned with the choices\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0is making.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s making decisions that are going to cost me and my friends their jobs,\u201d Klein said.<\/p>\n

The prime minister was also challenged on the carbon tax, which has been met with stiff resistance in the province.<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan is asking its Court of Appeal to rule on whether Ottawa’s plan to impose the tax on the province is constitutional. The case is to be heard in February.<\/p>\n

Jason LeBlanc from Estevan, Sask., asked\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0why he will have to pay the carbon tax.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0responded by saying people will have the choice in this fall’s federal election to choose whether they want to be part of creating a solution to climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr do you want to hide your head in the sand and pretend that there is no problem we have to deal with?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One woman told\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0that she has read news articles that he supports Shariah law, that Quebec gets its oil from Saudi Arabia and that Canada is being run by a global government.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0said none of those points are true and urged people to be skeptical about what they read on the Internet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the upcoming election I hope that people will question what all politicians say and try to see who might be telling the truth and who might be twisting the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prime minister was also challenged to explain why Canada is honouring a contract to sell light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u00a0said the federal government is grappling with the details of a complex contract signed by a previous government and will continue to speak up for human rights.<\/p>\n

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