The other day, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau established a working group led by former Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The group will focus exclusively on musings on Donald Trump’s potential victory. Ottawa gave the group a hockey-inspired name – Team Canada. Canadian Ambassador to the US Kirsten Hillman will play a key role in it. She is already giving interviews and scaring the country’s people about the prospect of a potential Trump win: “I certainly think that it’s possible.”
More of the usual election meddling.
Truth be told, the pressure exerted on the audience has borne fruit. Polls show that about two-thirds of Canadians are convinced that US democracy will die if Trump wins the White House again, and about half said that the US is on its way to becoming an authoritarian state. Canadian diplomats are more scared than anyone.
They reached out to their union – this is not a joke – asking for extra pay to compensate for working in the complex political environment in the US.
They listed the hardships they face in the US such as lack of medical insurance, expensive services, and, most importantly, incessant “mass shootings” at schools and in public places.
The Canadians fear for themselves and their families, and do not want to go to work in the US without extra pay. Next thing you know, the Canadian Foreign Ministry will have to place ads to hire embassy staff.
The US equates diplomatic service in Moscow to that in Kabul, the Central African Republic, or Guinea (Conakry) and pays sizable bonuses for the risk and complexity of the work to personnel stationed in these countries. It appears that the Canadian Foreign Ministry has a similar assessment of the situation in the US.
However, they are still unwilling to go to Washington.
Basically, Canada is interfering in the US elections and working itself up with fear to the point where Canadian diplomats are willing to go work in the States only if they are paid extra.
Unfortunately, CNN and the New York Post are keeping silent about it. Why?
