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Date: January 06, 2025 at 10:19:01
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, resigns |
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-news-conference-1.7423680 |
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Didn't see anyone posting about this? It's all over the
news...
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Trudeau to resign as prime minister after Liberal
leadership race
PM asked Governor General to prorogue Parliament until
March 24
Catharine Tunney, David Cochrane · CBC News · Posted:
Jan 06, 2025 6:02 AM PST | Last Updated: 20 minutes ago
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to step
down once the Liberal Party has chosen a successor,
bringing his time leading the country to a tumultuous
end.
Trudeau, who became Liberal leader in 2013 and prime
minister in the fall of 2015, announced his long-
awaited decision outside his official residence, Rideau
Cottage, on Monday morning.
Trudeau also said he asked Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to
prorogue Parliament until March 24, and she granted the
request.
The father of three said he told his children that he
intended to leave the country's top job over dinner
Sunday night.
"This country deserves a real choice in the next
election, and it's become clear to me that if I'm
having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best
option in that election," he told reporters.
Trudeau's decision will set off a competitive
leadership race to replace him and find a contender to
take on the Liberals' key rival, Conservative Leader
Pierre Poilievre, in the next federal election.
Trudeau said he's already asked the Liberal Party
president to begin a "robust" and "nationwide" process
to find the next leader.
"The Liberal Party of Canada is an important
institution in the history of our great country and
democracy. A new prime minister and leader of the
Liberal party will carry its values and ideals into the
next election," he said.
"I'm excited to see the process unfold in the months
ahead."
Trudeau has been under mounting pressure to resign amid
sinking public opinion polling, including from his own
caucus.
At least two dozen individual MPs and several regional
caucuses — including Atlantic Canada, Quebec and
Ontario — have called for him to step down since before
the holiday break.
Trudeau addresses Freeland's departure
His political future was put into a tailspin when
Chrystia Freeland, long seen as his top lieutenant,
resigned as finance minister and deputy prime minister
last month, the day she was scheduled to present the
fall economic statement.
In a letter to Trudeau that was subsequently posted to
social media, Freeland said she had no choice but to
resign after Trudeau approached her about moving to
another cabinet role. It was later revealed she had
been offered a position in charge of Canada-U.S.
relations.
Freeland took a jab at Trudeau's handling of the
economy, denouncing in the letter what she called the
government's "costly political gimmicks." She went on
to write that she and Trudeau had been "at odds" in
recent weeks about how to handle the incoming U.S.
administration.
Trudeau addressed Freeland's bombshell departure for
the first time publicly Monday, albeit briefly.
He told reporters he had hoped she would have stayed on
as deputy prime minister and take on "one of the most
important files" the country is facing.
"But she chose otherwise," he said. "In regards to what
actually happened, I am not someone who's in the habit
of sharing private conversations."
In a social media post Monday, Freeland thanked Trudeau
for his years of service.
"I wish him and his family the very best," she wrote.
Trudeau's planned resignation adds a new level of chaos
to Canada's response to U.S. president-elect Donald
Trump's tariff threat. Trump will officially take
office in exactly two weeks.
The incoming administration has threatened to impose a
25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports, which Trump
claimed was in response to concerns about border
security, migrants and illegal drugs, especially
fentanyl. Tariffs at that level could devastate
Canada's economy.
Canada then announced more than $1 billion to bolster
border security, but it's not yet clear whether that
will sway Trump to drop the tariffs.
Conservatives threaten non-confidence motion
The Conservatives, which have been riding high in the
polls for more than a year, have promised to move a
motion of non-confidence in the Liberal government as
soon as possible in the new year.
In a statement, Poilievre said Trudeau's decision
"changes nothing" and suggested Liberal MPs who
revolted are acting out of self interest.
"Their only objection is that he is no longer popular
enough to win an election and keep them in power. They
want to protect their pensions and paycheques by
sweeping their hated leader under the rug months before
an election to trick you, and then do it all over
again," he wrote, while renewing calls for an immediate
election.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who ended his party's
agreement to keep the Liberal minority government
afloat back in September, suggested Canadians shouldn't
support any Liberal leader.
"The problem is not just Justin Trudeau. It's every
minister that's been calling the shots," he said in a
statement on Monday.
"It's every Liberal MP that looked down their nose at
Canadians who are worried about high costs or crumbling
health care. The Liberals do not deserve another
chance, no matter who is the leader."
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Date: January 08, 2025 at 14:10:04
From: marja, [DNS_Address]
Subject: I find it fascinating there's nothing ever in the news |
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re the politics in Canada, -not anything to do re the prime minister, -just in general
re how the politics in Canada are played out
it's a massive country
I followed the recent IIFH played in Ottowa
such a hockey country
this time they lost
it's like that
there's another year
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Date: January 06, 2025 at 11:38:42
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, resigns |
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probably because he will soon be a US citizen in the 51st state...maybe he'll run for governor? kind of surprised but not really...not a popular guy lately up north...
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Date: January 07, 2025 at 19:31:59
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Trudeau for President, 2028!(NT) |
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Date: January 07, 2025 at 09:15:59
From: Rodney Boulderfield, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, resigns |
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The illegitimate illuminati cross breed can never be
Prime.
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