By David Baxter Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that freedom, democracy and Canada “are not a given” in his farewell speech to Liberals just before former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney was announced as the new Liberal leader. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens Canada with economic annexation and places tariffs on Canadian imports coming into the United States. “This is a nation-defining moment. Democracy is not a given. Freedom, it’s not a given. Canada is not a given. None of those happen by accident. None of them will continue without effort,” Trudeau said. “It takes courage, it takes sacrifice, it takes hope and hard work.” In his near decade-long tenure as prime minister, Trudeau ushered the country through a global pandemic, renegotiation with the U.S. of…
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