Article content continued

Hey @Trevornoah - thanks for everything you’re doing to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s legacy at the @GlblCtzn festival. Sorry I can’t be with you - but how about Canada pledges $50M to @EduCannotWait to support education for women & girls around the world? Work for you? Let’s do it. — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 2, 2018

This is money, of course, that will not go into universal health care, tax breaks for the working class or the elimination of one puff of greenhouse gas being added to the “climate emergency” that is scaring the wits out of young people who see doomsday as less than 12 years away.

What Trudeau was doing with that pledge to Noah was putting that significant donation onto our credit card to pay for his adrenaline shot.

“Hey (Trevor Noah),” Trudeau tweeted. “Thanks for everything you’re doing to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s legacy at the (Global Citizen) festival. Sorry I can’t be with you — but how about Canada pledges $50 (million) to (Education Cannot Wait) to support education for women and girls around the world? Work for you? Let’s do it.”

Noah then flashed Trudeau’s tweet on a big screen to his worldwide audience, and Trudeau’s personal mission was accomplished.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or

He was again centre stage.

The Liberals claimed, of course, that the donation had been three weeks in the making. But so what if it was?

“This is amazing,” Noah shouted out to the concert crowd and then, on cue, Trudeau’s $50-million tweet was uploaded for viewers.

This would be like what to Trudeau, a drug rush?

What Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is proposing is to cut Canada’s $6-billion foreign aid by 25% and focus only on the neediest.

This, of course, makes perfect sense to everyone except those who make their bucks off the poverty industry.