Pierre Poilievre slams Trudeau for 'toxic woke identity politics' as Montreal burns during anti-Israel riots

Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the weekend as the Liberal leader was seen partying the night away at a Toronto Taylor Swift concert while Montreal burned. Rioters took to the streets of the Quebec city to commit acts of vandalism and violence over the war in Gaza. That war has been raging for over a year after it was started by Hamas terrorists flooding into Israel to murder 1,200 men, women and children, many asleep in their homes. Rioters torched cars, broke shop windows, set off smoke bombs, and clashed with police.

85,000 students and faculty from area colleges Concordia, Dawson and McGill went on a two-day strike, occupying buildings in response to a NATO meeting in the city. Trudeau exchanged friendship bracelets with other Swifties at Rogers Arena. It wasn't until Saturday that he released a brief statement on the riots. "What we saw on the streets of Montreal last night was appalling. Acts of antisemitism, intimidation, and violence must be condemned wherever we see them," Trudeau said. "The RCMP are in communication with local police. There must be consequences, and rioters held accountable." Three rioters were arrested. In Toronto, Rebel News' Ezra Levant was arrested while documenting the anti-Israel protesters there who disrupted a peaceful protest to bring the hostages home from Gaza where they are being held by Hamas terrorists.

"You act surprised," Poilievre said. "We are reaping what you sowed. This is what happens when a Prime Minister spends 9 years pushing toxic woke identity politics, dividing and subdividing people by race, gender, vaccine status, religion, region, age, wealth, etc. On top of driving people apart, you systematically break what used to bring us together, saying Canada is a 'post-national state' with 'no core identity.'

"You erased our veterans and military, the Famous Five and even Terry Fox from our passport to replace them with meaningless squirrels, snowflakes and a drawing of yourself swimming as a boy. You opened the borders to terrorists and lawbreakers and called anyone who questioned it racist. You send out your MPs to say one thing in a mosque and the opposite in a synagogue, one thing in a mandir and the opposite in a gurdwara. You have made Canada a playground for foreign interference.

"You allowed Iran’s IRGC terrorists to legally operate here for four years after they murdered 55 of our citizens in a major unprovoked attack. You passed laws that release rampant offenders from prison within hours of their 80th arrest. And what is the result? Assassinations on Canadian soil, firebombings of synagogues, extremist violence against mandirs and gurdwaras, over 100 churches burned or vandalized (with barely any condemnation from you), all for a total 251% more hate crime. And, while you were dancing, Montreal was burning. We won’t let you divide us anymore. Call an election now. We will fire you and reclaim our citizenship, our values, our lives, our freedom and, most of all, our country."

Montrealer Emma Jo Morris spoke out against the riots as well, saying "What has happened to Montreal — once one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities in North America — between Covid and Canada’s immigration policy, is an unmitigated disaster and a disgrace. It will never be the same as it was, and that is just unforgivable. You got jackboots in your face for being in a park during Covid but now you can vandalize and terrorize and that’s totally fine because diversity. Trudeau admits he destroyed Canada with his immigration policy and yet it’s followed by a shrug, while his home city is being burned to the ground."

An election for a new prime minister is expected in October 2025. Poilievre has been campaigning against Trudeau, and his economic, immigration, gender, and Covid policies, since he replaced Erin O'Toole as the leader of the Conservative Party. Trudeau's Liberals and the NDP had an alliance that was recently severed by NDP head Jagmeet Singh, making Trudeau more vulnerable in the next election.