HYPOCRISY: Trudeau tells Canadians to 'stand up against racism, discrimination, and xenophobia' but won’t acknowledge Uyghur genocide

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement on Sunday for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, urging Canadians to "stand up against racism, discrimination, and xenophobia, whenever and wherever they occur."

Trudeau's statement includes various hand-picked examples of how the Trudeau Liberals have dedicated themselves to fighting systemic inequalities in Canada. What the statement obviously forgets to mention is the Trudeau government's weakness on the global stage in the face of China.

Apparently, "wherever and whenever they occur" does not include Xinjiang, China, right now.

The genocide of the Uyghur population by the Chinese government has triggered international outcry, with one thinktank finding that the CCP is breaching every single article in the United Nations genocide convention.

But when Trudeau was asked about the matter, he said that the situation must "properly justified and demonstrated" before deeming in a genocide.

Trudeau's hesitance, he said, was "so as not to weaken the application of genocide in situations in the past," the prime minister said in February.

Genocide, one could argue, is the most extreme form of discrimination and xenophobia.

The most one can expect from Trudeau in calling out the genocide is when Trudeau acknowledges that there are "very credible reports" of human rights abuses in China.

While the entirety of the Canadian Parliament sans the Trudeau Cabinet voted in favour of declaring the situation in Xinjiang a genocide, Trudeau again weaseled away from using the term, saying that there were "significant concerns."

While saying that reports of human rights abuses were "very credible," Trudeau said that more work needed to be done with allies to get "clear answers" before "holding to account those responsible."

"This is something that is much better done on a multilateral basis, over the past many years, including a couple of occasions directly to Chinese leadership, we have expressed our deep concern for the Uyghurs," said Trudeau in early March.

In response to Trudeau's weakness on the matter, the Chinese embassy in Canada wrote that the decision was a "gross interference in China's internal affairs and a malicious provocation against the 1.4 billion Chinese people," and strongly condemned the "disgraceful move."

Trudeau's abstaining from the vote did nothing to appease China, and instead, made us look weak in the face of a regime that is currently flexing their international influence.