(Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and billionaire Elon Musk. Photo by Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

On Tuesday, Trudeau likening Kamala Harris’s defeat in the U.S. presidential election to an attack on women’s rights and progress

by Sarah Ritchie and Nick Murray

The Canadian Press

National Post

December 12, 2024

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments likening Kamala Harris’s election loss to an attack on women’s rights and progress earned him criticism from the country’s premiers and from American billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday.

Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation — an organization dedicated to improving gender representation in Canadian politics — Trudeau said there are regressive forces fighting against women’s progress.

“It shouldn’t be that way. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult sometimes, march towards progress,” Trudeau said, adding he is a proud feminist and will always be an ally.

“And yet, just a few weeks ago, the United States voted for a second time to not elect its first woman president. Everywhere, women’s rights and women’s progress are under attack. Overtly, and subtly.”

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