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It is no surprise the majority of Canadians are not thrilled with the way Justin Trudeau has handled the rail blockade crisis.

Off the top, our prime minister was still zipping about Africa begging support for Canada’s long-shot bid for a UN Security Council seat when the blockades were already costing the economy multi-millions in losses.

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Duty of office, however, demanded Trudeau be in Ottawa taking control of a very sensitive and costly situation — yet he waffled.

An absentee leader is one thing; absentee leadership quite another.

Canada had both.

A recent Leger poll reported by the Canadian Press has 61% of Canadians blaming Trudeau for screwing up the Wet’suwet’en situation.

This is wholly understandable.

He did.

One Mohawk rail blockade in the mid-south of Ontario led to scores of other rail and road disruptions nationwide in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who still remain opposed to further construction of a natural gas pipeline in their isolated patch of northern British Columbia.