Did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Really Resign? He’s Still Hanging On

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Canda: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he “will resign” as the Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister. However, he will remain in office until the Liberal Party has a new leader. He prorogued (postponed) until March 24, and he will continue as the prime minister for months longer, if he wishes. The people have been stopped from voting “no confidence” against him. Ezra Levant predicted Trudeau will be fully corrupt over the next three months. 

Trudeau will lead Canada during the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency, including navigating tense trade negotiations and potential tariff threats from the United States [Trump threatened a 25% tariff]. Trudeau has a disapproval rating of two-thirds due to his performance amid frustration over the cost of living and record immigration levels. 

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In this video, Ezra Levant explains that the requirements to become a member of the Liberal Party are so low, the rules allow non-citizens living in Canada be members af the party and people as young as 14 years old may also join and choose the candidate to replace Trudeau. There are 5 million non-citizens living in Canada. He said that the system is vulnerable to foreign interference.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as the leader of the ruling Liberal Party, following months of pressure from partymates to resign amid increasingly poor public approval ratings.

“I intend to resign as party leader as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide competitive process,” Trudeau said at a press conference Monday morning outside of his home in Ottawa. “This country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me that if I’m having to fight internal battles I cannot be the best option in that election.”

The Globe and Mail first reported on Sunday that Trudeau would leave his party leadership post this week ahead of a key party caucus on Wednesday, citing three unnamed sources. (Reuters also reported Trudeau’s impending resignation, citing an unnamed source.) 

Trudeau on Monday confirmed that he would remain in office as both Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister until a replacement is selected, meaning he will lead Canada during the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency, including navigating tense trade negotiations and potential tariff threats from the United States. Trudeau announced that Canada’s Parliament would be suspended until March 24 to give his Liberal Party time to choose a new leader.

Trudeau’s resignation comes before a federal parliamentary election that must happen by October 2025, but it can be held earlier if the House of Commons passes a motion of no-confidence to dissolve the incumbent Liberal government. 

Why Trudeau stepped down

Trudeau’s nine-year tenure as Canadian Prime Minister has become tenuous, with two-thirds of Canadians disapproving of his performance, amid frustration over the cost of living and record immigration levels. The Liberal Party now trails the opposition Conservative Party by more than 20 percentage points and voter support hit a record low by the end of 2024.

The party does not hold an outright majority in Parliament and has relied on the backing of the more left-leaning New Democratic Party through a supply-and-confidence agreement, which the NDP dropped in September. The separatist Bloc Quebecois also dropped its support for the Liberals in October, with its leader saying it wanted to topple Trudeau’s government. These moves, along with recent losses in by-elections in formerly Liberal strongholds, pushed party members to hold a closed-door caucus meeting in late October in Ottawa, where they urged Trudeau to resign.

Pressure on Trudeau grew further following the Dec. 16 shock resignation of one of his closest allies, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, after he tried to demote her. In her resignation letter, Freeland accused Trudeau of “costly political gimmicks” over plans to cancel sales tax and hand out $250 checks for Christmas. Freeland said Canada needed to keep its “fiscal powder dry” ahead of a possible trade war amid Trump’s threat to slap a 25% tariff on all goods from Canada.

Trudeau has since shuffled his Cabinet, but the likelihood of elections being called sooner grew after NDP leader Jagmeet Singh issued a letter on Dec. 20 stating that his party “will vote to bring this government down” and put forward a motion of no-confidence. “Justin Trudeau has let you down, over and over,” Singh wrote in a statement after Trudeau announced his resignation Monday. “It doesn’t matter who leads the Liberals. They don’t deserve another chance.”

For many, Trudeau’s resignation marks the end of an era in Canadian politics. He first rose to national prominence as leader of the Liberal Party in 2013, inheriting a political legacy from his father, Pierre Trudeau, who served as prime minister for almost 16 years.

However, Trudeau’s legacy remains complex. His tenure will be remembered for progressive policies, including the legalization of cannabis, a national child care program that lowered fees to $10 a day, and a welcoming immigration policy. But his struggle to manage the economic and political challenges of recent years has overshadowed many of his achievements.

 

During his press conference Monday, Trudeau said he has one regret going into the upcoming election: that he did not change the electoral system to ranked-choice voting, which he pledged to do and believes would reduce political division. “People would have been looking for things they have in common, instead of trying to polarize and divide Canadians against each other,” he said of allowing Canadians the option to select a second or third choice on the ballot.

What happens next

The Liberal Party constitution states that upon resignation, the party board of directors, in consultation with the caucus, should appoint an “interim leader.”

But time may not be on Liberals’ side in its selection of a replacement for Trudeau, with the incoming Trump Administration and a looming general election. The party constitution states that nominees must submit nominations at least 90 days before a scheduled leadership vote. But it also states that the party board can change the date of a leadership vote and “alter any arrangements already made” if three-quarters of its voting members “determines that political circumstances require that the date be reset.”

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Milton Farrow
Milton Farrow
8 days ago

HE IS POLITICALLY FINISHED

Dr.Pinder
Dr.Pinder
8 days ago

https://buffalochronicle.com/2019/10/19/trudeaus-west-grey-accusor-was-much-younger-than-first-thought/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/POiUEMbzV3FE
Here’s some satisfaction. Trudeau decides to fight an old man, and watch the young turd take a few well deserved lessons. Turdeau is a psychopathic liar and wife abuser. The lowest form of scum available on earth. Truly despicable.

Dr.Pinder
Dr.Pinder
8 days ago
BH
BH
7 days ago

Communists never go away. Their ideology never changes, their goals never shift. They just adopt new tactics. I think that, in the grand scheme of things, he’s off to something bigger and better to bring about Agenda 2030, although his role might not be in the public domain.

terry shead
terry shead
7 days ago

This is a scam, look at the damage this idiot can do to Canada, this boy is a complete B?

Suzy
Suzy
6 days ago
Reply to  terry shead

Look at the damage Sleepy Joe Imposter in Chief of US has done to the country during his short lame duck term. I don’t see how Turdeau could be any worse.

Sue
Sue
7 days ago

Looks like a scam to me. Trudeau now has the opportunity to do any evil thing he likes for the next three or four months at least, with no come-back. Joe Biden’s current situation times ten.

Tom Ball
Tom Ball
6 days ago

The globalists luv puppets like this.
I heard his approval rating was 16% ! No wonder he has to give lip service to stepping down.

I don’t understand the public though. This man openly praised communist China for their methods.
Are they stupid or really brainwashed?

Maybe they’re like I was, to mortified to believe all this is real.
Once I got over the shock of the truth about 9/11 , I gradually adjusted to it. But I expect it to take years more before I will ever be able accept it, if ever.