Lots of bites of the news apple are tempting us today, but we just can't ignore Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Canada, which immediately followed his trip to Washington this week.
Zelenskyy started in Ottawa, with an address to Parliament. (Handy reminder that Kevin McCarthy denied him a speech to Congress when he was in DC.) He also shook hands on a rope line of Canadian leaders, including the head of the so-called Progressive Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre.
PeePee, as he's known, is cut from the same MAGA cloth as the Trumpsters here in the US, which means he's not an especially strong supporter of Ukraine. (Uncle Vlad might get mad, ya know.) Anyway, he had some trouble looking Zelenskyy in the eye. He also clapped very half-heartedly before the speech to Parliament. Canadian tweeps noticed his lack of enthusiasm.
There are 1.36 million Canadians of Ukrainian descent in Canada. They're 4 percent of the population, and the largest Slavic group in the country. Yes, the next election isn't for another couple of years, but a picture tells a thousand words, and doesn't get old. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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