Breaking News: Trudeau Announces Resignation

[Husseinisdoingfine]

Canadian media reports that Trudeau is to resign during an address from his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Trudeau the Canadian prime minister for the past nine years, has been under pressure from members of his own party to resign since this summer after suffering a historic defeat in a Toronto by-election. CBC and CTV News are reporting that Trudeau has met Canada's governor general this morning and asked to prorogue parliament - a suspension that would stop all proceedings without dissolving parliament until 24 March. This move would give the party time to find a new leader.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-news-conference-1.7423680
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyjmy7vl64t
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/justin-trudeau-latest-canadian-prime-minister-sets-morning-announcement-amid-reports-he-ll-resign/ar-AA1x1K9W

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election

 

[Husseinisdoingfine]

 

[Leo Gura]

Don't you Canadians have term limits?

9 years is a good run.

[HelluvaGuy]

4 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Don't you Canadians have term limits?

9 years is a good run.

Parliamentary systems don't really have term limits - the PM is in power until they lose an election, resign, or their own party loses confidence in them and they get forced/voted out. 

Whoever replaces Trudeau will just basically be Rishi Sunak or Kamala Harris - sacrificed in the next election. 

[Lyubov]

Kinda makes sense. These center left politicians from the establishment are seen as ineffective and weak today. Make way for populism. 

[Terell Kirby]

5 hours ago, Lyubov said:

Make way for populism. 

More like neo-liberalism (or at least thats what it seems like these days).

[Husseinisdoingfine]

I’m surprised Hardkill hasn’t already written 10 paragraphs.

[Leo Gura]

Canada is awaiting its moment of populist stupidity.

[gambler]

6 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Don't you Canadians have term limits?

We don't.

[Ero]

8 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Don't you Canadians have term limits?

In parliamentary governments, PMs do not have term limits. 

[Bobby_2021]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Canada is awaiting its moment of populist stupidity.

They are fed up with 9 years of liberal stupidity already. 

It's suffocating for humans to live there.

[Leo Gura]

41 minutes ago, Bobby_2021 said:

It's suffocating for humans to live there.

Yeah, Canada is such an awful place.

[Buck Edwards]

50 minutes ago, Bobby_2021 said:

They are fed up with 9 years of liberal stupidity already. 

It's suffocating for humans to live there.

What's exactly liberal about Canada? 

Explain to me in 10 separate points. 

 

[Jodistrict]

10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Don't you Canadians have term limits?

9 years is a good run.

I believe that his father Pierre Trudeau served as Prime Minister for 15 years.  

[Quader]

1 hour ago, Buck Edwards said:

What's exactly liberal about Canada? 

Explain to me in 10 separate points. 

 

• Canada is open about freedom of religion, many parents still send their children to catholic school without the imposition they remain that way, but to learn discipline respect and conformity to  be a proper citizen (ie formal attire, silence until apropos, taking turns, listening to elders etc. Kids can make their own mind up after
• Tolerance for deviancy (fashion, appearance, disability, sexuality etc) is fairly high, people know that those who disrespect others for their outward appearances are bigoted and its frowned upon, not celebrated
•  Access to health care is considered a human right that should be protected by governance (in practice,  only ~80% complete, ie lacking total pharmacare, dentistry, optometry)
• Universal basic income is supported broadly by those whom you might think would have a crab in the bucket mentality 
• Canadiens who travel the world are generally regarded as very respectful in comparison to more dominating types (US of A) 
• Native american heritage is given a significant leg up and platform to return to form. (Not enough, but there's at least the notion)
• Reproductive rights and feminism are on a seemingly linear path to improvement,  dissenters (ie Christian nationalists) are now too woke or something 
• Canadians dont naturally feel competitive in as in an us vs them dichotomy but instead value holistic harmony between many conflicting value systems (multicultural without dissent)
• Canadians have a significant third party that is heralded by a minority, taking slack from bigots but they start to get ironed out by the mental gymnastics they have to pull by hating him primarily for his creed. It's all civil..
• Canadiens view their role as peace keepers as oppose to victims or Victor's. We're not interested in conquest. 
• Canada is ahead of the game in terms of decriminalization. Drug use is considered an ailment, not a crime. Unless you're distributing.  
• All of these points may only be reflected by 50% at best of the Canadian population,  sorry about that

[TheEnigma]

Thank God he's gone. But I'm from Canada, and it's got far deeper issues than just Trudeau.

[Buck Edwards]

58 minutes ago, Quader said:

• Canada is open about freedom of religion, many parents still send their children to catholic school without the imposition they remain that way, but to learn discipline respect and conformity to  be a proper citizen (ie formal attire, silence until apropos, taking turns, listening to elders etc. Kids can make their own mind up after
• Tolerance for deviancy (fashion, appearance, disability, sexuality etc) is fairly high, people know that those who disrespect others for their outward appearances are bigoted and its frowned upon, not celebrated
•  Access to health care is considered a human right that should be protected by governance (in practice,  only ~80% complete, ie lacking total pharmacare, dentistry, optometry)
• Universal basic income is supported broadly by those whom you might think would have a crab in the bucket mentality 
• Canadiens who travel the world are generally regarded as very respectful in comparison to more dominating types (US of A) 
• Native american heritage is given a significant leg up and platform to return to form. (Not enough, but there's at least the notion)
• Reproductive rights and feminism are on a seemingly linear path to improvement,  dissenters (ie Christian nationalists) are now too woke or something 
• Canadians dont naturally feel competitive in as in an us vs them dichotomy but instead value holistic harmony between many conflicting value systems (multicultural without dissent)
• Canadians have a significant third party that is heralded by a minority, taking slack from bigots but they start to get ironed out by the mental gymnastics they have to pull by hating him primarily for his creed. It's all civil..
• Canadiens view their role as peace keepers as oppose to victims or Victor's. We're not interested in conquest. 
• Canada is ahead of the game in terms of decriminalization. Drug use is considered an ailment, not a crime. Unless you're distributing.  
• All of these points may only be reflected by 50% at best of the Canadian population,  sorry about that

Sounds like a bad place for bigots and an awful place for immigrants. 

[Buck Edwards]

6 hours ago, Terell Kirby said:

More like neo-liberalism (or at least thats what it seems like these days).

Globally, the rolling out of neoliberal policies has led to a plethora of harmful socioeconomic consequences, including increased poverty, unemployment, and deterioration of income distribution. 

[Quader]

21 minutes ago, Buck Edwards said:

Sounds like a bad place for bigots and an awful place for immigrants. 

You're right. But only one of those peoples deserve much better. The immigrant issue is caused by a prolific increase in the cost of living. The government invited people to help our economy but they assumed the logistics would sort themselves out by some type of free market correction or something. The Canadian conservative notion of liberal's ready, Shoot, aim is not far off the mark. It's like they paid off half of us to fight the other half. Leo referencing a populism surge is correct and I wish he were wrong.

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[Buck Edwards]

5 minutes ago, Quader said:

You're right. But only one of those peoples deserve much better. The immigrant issue is caused by a prolific increase in the cost of living. The government invited people to help our economy but they assumed the logistics would sort themselves out by some time of free market correction or something. The Canadian conservative notion of liberals ready, Shoot, aim is not far off the mark. It's like they paid off half of us to fight the other half. Leo referencing a populism surge is correct and I wish he were wrong.

So how would you envision Canada to be, personally? I mean politically and socially.