Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot celebrated in song the building of the transcontinental railfoad which bound together far flung provinces into a nation.  He described the working men whose manual labor and physical energy produced the foundation for Canadian economy and society.

I am reminded of a tour some years ago in the Roman Colosseum where the guide pointed out the features explaining the grandeur of the monumental structure.  At the end, he concluded: “This was all done in just eight years.  Remember, these were Romans, not Italians.”  In the same vein, I would say to Justin Trudeau, “Remember Canada was built by working men, not by woke weenies.”

Postscript: 

In 1880, the Canadian government contracted the Canadian Pacific Railroad to construct the first all-Canadian line to the West Coast. During the next five years, the company laid 4,600 kilometers of single track, uniting various smaller lines across Canada. Despite the logistical difficulties posed by areas such as the muskeg (bogs) region of northwestern Ontario and the high rugged mountains of British Columbia, the railway was completed six years ahead of schedule.

The transcontinental railway was instrumental in populating the vast western lands of Canada with settlers and providing supplies and commerce. Many of western Canada’s great cities and towns grew up around Canadian Pacific Railway stations.

So five years to build the railway, eight years to build the colosseum.
Trudeau’s been in office eight years and we’re still waiting
for permits to build needed energy infrastructure.