Perspectives: Trudeau Sparks Renewed Discourse over WEF's 'The Great Reset'

A recently uncovered video clip of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked renewed discourse and allegations of a worldwide conspiracy around the "Great Reset," a World Economic Forum initiative aiming to rethink social and economic arrangements as the world recovers from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Trudeau said, "This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change." The Great Reset initiative itself focuses on conversations and policy platforms to "help inform all those determining the future state of global relations." The initiative sparked warnings of a "new world order" conspiracy among some circles on the right. Coverage mostly came from right-rated outlets and tended to be opinion or analysis; this coverage strongly criticized the "Great Reset," argued that it aims to "enact global socialism" and said that "it's not a conspiracy theory." Coverage in some left-rated outlets focused on fears of elites imposing "global economic control," which it described as "a baseless conspiracy theory."