Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets U.S. President Donald Trump during the official welcoming ceremony at the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Que., on Friday, June 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

On the heels of a member of the U.S. administration telling Justin Trudeau there’s a “special place in Hell” for him, the prime minister was given a wave of support as the House unanimously adopted a motion to stand united against U.S. tariffs and tirades.

NDP MP Tracey Ramsey’s motion also affirmed the Commons’ support for workers and supply management — and called on the House to “reject disparaging ad hominem statements by U.S. officials which do a disservice to bilateral relations and work against efforts to resolve this trade dispute.”

The members hollered “yea” and the motion was adopted.

Members were throwing their weight behind the prime minister, who was taking a personal day on Monday, after a particularly prickly weekend with the U.S. administration. During a Sunday Fox News broadcast just after the G7 wrapped up, U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro did not mince his words.

“There’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door,” Navarro said.

“And that’s what bad faith Justin Trudeau did with that stunt press conference…that’s what weak, dishonest Justin Trudeau did, and that comes right from Air Force One.”

Washington has said it put tariffs in place after having national security concerns about Canada, but Canada has rejected the suggestion. The prime minister, who has said Trump’s tariffs were insulting, later retaliated through threatening to impose over $16 billion in retaliatory tariffs on a laundry list of American products. Those tariffs will come into place July 1 if the U.S. doesn’t remove their tariffs before that date.

Members were vocal in their support of the Canadian response on Monday.

“We are all Canadians first and we will stand with Canadian workers and the families impacted by this escalating trade war,” Conservative MP Candice Bergen said during her first question period ask Monday.

“Can the prime minister tell Canadians what his plan is to resolve this impasse that we have with our closest ally and trading partner.”

Fisheries minister Dominic LeBlanc replied by thanking the members in the House that have encouraged the government to stand up for Canadian workers, and before he could finish his answer he received a standing ovation.

The NDP followed suit.

“The NDP stands in solidarity with the government and the prime minister against these provocative words from the American administration,” said NDP House Leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau.

She asked if the feds will work with all parties to present a unified response to Trump.

“The answer is simple: yes, we will obviously work with all members of this House to stand up for Canadian workers,” LeBlanc said.

In a weekend tweet, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May also expressed her support for Trudeau — and recommended other leaders follow suit.

All Canadian leaders need to support Trudeau. Trump’s outbursts, tariffs, amount to bullying. Trudeau is handling it as best anyone could. — Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) June 10, 2018

Former U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman, who served under former U.S. President Barack Obama, has also backed Trudeau. He made a formal request on Twitter Monday that Navarro apologize.

“We can have disagreements but we don’t have to be disagreeable,” Heyman said.

“I think that [Navarro] used language that you wouldn’t use with your best friend in a bar.”

He also suggested something more nefarious may have been afoot when Navarro made the comments.

“I do believe that the president and his team are purposeful in destroying and dismantling kind of our western alliance allies at the G7,” Heyman said.

“They did this in a very methodical, clearly planned effort.”

Heyman pointed to the outburst aimed at Trudeau, Trump’s lateness for an important meeting on gender equality at the G7, and the president’s suggestion that Russia be invited back into the G7 as evidence of this effort.

“The U.S. was trying to be disruptive to the G7,” he said.

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