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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 23 March 2022
Trudeau reaches deal to keep his party in power till 2025

By ROB GILLIES to John F. Kennedy.
Associated Press Daniel Béland, a politics
TORONTO (AP) — Prime professor at McGill Univer-
Minister Justin Trudeau said sity in Montreal, said the
Tuesday his Liberal Party agreement will provide
has reached an agree- much stability to Trudeau’s
ment with the leftist opposi- Liberal minority govern-
tion New Democratic Party ment while promoting fur-
that would keep his party in ther left-leaning spending
power until 2025. priorities like dental care
“What this means is during and medical drug cover-
this uncertain time the gov- age onto the policy agen-
ernment can function with da.
predictability and stabil- “This would create a frus-
ity, present and implement trating situation, with less
budgets and get things clout for the Conservative
done for Canadians,” Party of Canada,” Béland
Trudeau said. said.
Trudeau’s Liberal Party won Béland calls the length of
reelection in September Justin Trudeau’s tenure im-
but failed to win a majority pressive, noting it would
of seats in Parliament and make him one of the lon-
must rely on the opposition gest serving Prime Ministers
to pass legislation. The NDP in recent debates, along-
party will support Trudeau’s side Jean Chrétien and
Liberals in exchange for Prime Minster Justin Trudeau delivers remarks during a Liberal Party fundraising event at the Stephen Harper, who both
deals on pharmaceutical Versailles Convention Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Associated Press served for about a decade.
and dental care plans, but “However, his father Pierre
it will not have a lawmak- he said he’s confident it which must be by 2025. backs since then, but he Trudeau, the third longest
er in Trudeau’s Cabinet will work. Anti-vaccine pro- But there are widespread has been reelected twice. serving Prime Minister on
and Trudeau said the NDP testers and truckers who doubts that he will do so, Tall and trim, Trudeau chan- Canadian history, served
won’t have a veto on any laid siege to parts of Otta- given that he would have neled the star power if not for more than 15 years, a
budget or any other legisla- wa, the capital, called for been in power for 10 years, quite the political heft of performance his son might
tion. Trudeau’s government to has seen a drop in his pop- his father, Pierre Trudeau, struggle to emulate,” Bé-
“We’ve agreed to work to- be ousted earlier this year. ularity and a rise in animos- who swept to power in land said.
gether,” Trudeau said. “It’s Now he’s assured of staying ity toward him in much of 1968 on a wave of support Robert Bothwell, a profes-
about focusing on what we in power for some time. western Canada. dubbed “Trudeaumania.” sor of Canadian history
agree on instead of what “This is nothing more than Trudeau is still remembered Pierre Trudeau, who was and international relations
we disagree on.” a Justin Trudeau power for evoking the prospect prime minister until 1984 at the University of Toronto,
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh grab,” interim Conserva- of “sunny ways” when he with a short interruption, said the agreement puts
said it isn’t a coalition gov- tive Party leader Candice took office in 2015 at age remains one of the few Ca- Trudeau in a position to ex-
ernment and if the Liberals Bergen said. Trudeau said 43, the second-youngest nadian politicians known in pand the social welfare net
fall short on conditions the he plans to run again when Canadian prime minister America, his charisma of- and that’s probably what
deal doesn’t continue. But the next election is held, ever. There have been set- ten drawing comparisons he’d be remembered for.q

U.K. slams Russia after officials duped by hoax video calls

By JILL LAWLESS of Buckingham Palace and “People should be very made to Home Secretary an unsuccessful attempt
Associated Press the Houses of Parliament, sceptical about reporting Priti Patel, and Culture Sec- also was made to speak to
LONDON (AP) — Britain ac- shows Wallace speaking on, and accepting as real, retary Nadine Dorries said her.q
cused Russia of spreading from Poland to a caller who any part of these Russian
misinformation on Tuesday says Ukraine wants to prog- state-doctored clips,” it
by posting doctored clips ress its “nuclear program” said in a statement. It said
of the U.K.’s defense chief to protect itself from Mos- Britain had “enough weap-
speaking to a hoaxer pos- cow, something Russian ons systems to defend both
ing as Ukraine’s prime min- state media has baselessly U.K. national security and
ister. claimed in the past. maintain our commitments
Two videos of Defense Sec- Another shows Wallace to NATO.”
retary Ben Wallace speak- appearing to suggest that The government has
ing to the imposter were Britain is “running out of launched a security probe
posted on the YouTube our own” NLAW anti-tank into how a hoaxer posing
channel of Russian prank- weapons after giving 4,000 as Ukrainian Prime Minister
ster duo Vovan and Lexus. of the rocket launchers to Denys Shmyhal was put
The British government says Ukraine to help resist the in- through on a video call to
the Russian state was be- vasion Moscow launched Wallace on Thursday. Wal-
hind the hoax, which it says on Feb. 24. lace said he became sus-
was designed to sow false Britain’s Ministry of Defense picious and hung up after British Defense Minister Ben Wallace speaks with the media as
information and embarrass said the clips had been the caller “posed several he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO
headquarters in Brussels, March 16, 2022.
Britain. “fed out to obscure and misleading questions.” Associated Press
One clip, prefaced by shots manipulate the truth.” Another hoax call was