Trudeau receives FEWER U.N. VOTES than Stephen Harper did in 2010

Ireland defeated Canada to get the seat. Trudeau needed to win 128 votes, and only received 108, whereas Ireland received 128.

To the surprise of some, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper actually managed to collect more votes for the same position in 2010, though not by much. While Trudeau managed to get 108, Harper barely edged him out, receiving 114.

In 2010, Canada ran alongside countries such as Germany and Portugal, with both making the cut.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird attributed the 2010 failure on Canada's stance on certain foreign affairs issues: “Maybe if we had shut up, and not talked about gay rights in Africa; maybe if we had shut up and been more quiet about our concerns about Sri Lanka; maybe if we hadn't been so vocally against the deplorable human rights record in Iran, maybe Iran might have voted for us.... But we didn't and I don't think we regret anything. Iran probably voted against us; North Korea probably voted against us; Gadhafi probably voted against us. I think those are all badges of honour.”

After the loss, Trudeau would go on to publicly say that a Liberal government "would certainly make sure we don't lose an election to join the Security Council at the United Nations."

The Security Council vote is a culmination of a four-year-long campaign for Justin Trudeau's Liberals, as they entered the contest only months after Trudeau was first elected into office.

The Trudeau Liberals have spent hundreds of millions of dollars attempting to butter up the United Nations, mainly by providing massive foreign aid funds to countries in South America and Africa through promises to invest in education and infrastructure on the two continents.