GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau doesn’t understand the nature of evil

Is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau so blinded by his naive belief that “diversity” and “inclusiveness” are Canada’s unique gifts to the world, that he’s undermining our safety and security?

Does he understand the nature of evil, that ideologies of hatred exist that no amount of Canadian “niceness” can appease?

New concerns about Trudeau’s judgment in these matters were raised by his ill-advised private meeting last month with freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle and his family, shortly after they were released from captivity in Afghanistan.

Boyle’s bizarre account of his years of incarceration under the Taliban — starting with his explanation he was kidnapped in 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan with his pregnant wife — made many Canadians suspicious from the start.

Given these circumstances, bad enough Trudeau met privately in his office with Boyle — who was briefly married to Omar Khadr’s older sister — which Canadians only found out about when the Boyle family posted pictures of it on social media.

Last week we learned that while Boyle was meeting with Trudeau he was under investigation by Ottawa police, who laid 15 criminal charges against him, including sexual assault, assault, unlawful confinement, public mischief, uttering threats and administering a noxious substance.

Boyle has denounced his Taliban captors and is presumed innocent of the charges.

The relevant issue here is why, of all the Canadians requesting meetings with him, would Trudeau grant a private audience to Boyle?

This given the outstanding questions regarding his years in captivity and regardless of the criminal charges laid after his meeting with the PM.

But it’s just the latest controversy calling into question Trudeau’s judgment on matters of security, terrorism and global affairs.

Recall Trudeau’s recklessly naive tweet last January, amid controversy in the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s travel ban, that: “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.”

It went viral, prompting thousands of would-be asylum seekers to bolt for the Canadian border, illegally entering our country at unmanned crossings, overwhelming border security and our refugee determination process.

Trudeau has stripped Canada of the ability to deport dual citizens convicted of terrorism.

That fulfilled his alarming pre-election boast that, “The Liberal party believes that terrorists should get to keep their Canadian citizenship. Because I do. And I’m willing to take on anyone who disagrees with that” because, “a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.”

As if this was an issue about Trudeau’s machismo, as opposed to our security.

Trudeau says Canadians who fight for ISIS overseas can be deprogrammed when they return home, becoming “an extraordinarily powerful voice for preventing radicalization in future generations”, a possibility his own public safety minister, Ralph Goodale, describes as “pretty remote.”

As Liberal leader, Trudeau called for removing from Canada’s citizenship guide that we consider honour killings and female genital mutilation, “barbaric cultural practices”, while boasting to The New York Times as prime minister that, “There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada.”

Trudeau insulted natural-born Canadians by declaring he’s “jealous” of immigrants because, “this is your country more than it is for others because we take it for granted,” a divisive twisting of the ideal that we are all equal as Canadians, no matter where we come from.

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing in April, 2013, which killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy, and wounded 260 others, Trudeau said, before anything about the terrorists was known, that, “there is no question that this happened because there is someone who feels completely excluded, completely at war with innocents, at war with a society.”

It’s as if Trudeau can’t comprehend that evil can exist without provocation, or that billions of people endure injustices without murdering innocents.

Trudeau said he admires China’s “basic dictatorship” because it allows its leaders, to “turn their economy around on a dime and say, ‘we need to go green, we need to start, you know, investing in solar,’” as if green energy excuses totalitarianism, mass executions and the occupation of Tibet.

Marking the death of Fidel Castro, Trudeau, described the brutal Cuban dictator on behalf of Canadians, including many who suffered under him as, “A larger than life leader… a legendary revolutionary and orator” who, while “controversial” was recognized by “supporters and detractors” for “his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for ‘el Comandante.’”

It’s one thing for Trudeau to mark the passing of his late father’s pal, another to gush over Castro in a way that provoked global mocking for its naiveté.

And further evidence Trudeau doesn’t understand the nature of evil.