Justin Trudeau has said he will resign as Canada’s prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party amid political turmoil
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau He announced his resignation as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party on Monday amid growing opposition to his leadership.
“The fact is, despite the best efforts to work on this, parliament has been paralyzed for months after the longest session of a minority parliament in Canadian history,” Trudeau said in a televised address outside his home in the Canadian capital, Ottawa. city. “I intend to resign as party leader and prime minister after the party elects its next leader through a strong, nationwide competitive process.”
Trudeau said that the Canadian parliament will be adjourned until a new leader is elected. It will resume at the end of March, which will allow the leadership race of the Liberal Party.
“This morning, I advised the governor general that we need a new session of the parliament. “He granted this request and the session of the Chamber will continue until March 24.”
Trudeau, a former high school teacher and the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, became prime minister in 2015 after his Liberal Party won a decisive majority in parliament. The Liberal Party won two more consecutive elections in 2019 and 2021, but lost the popular vote, requiring it to form a minority government with the left opposition party, making his party dependent on allies to pass legislation.
At a news conference Monday, Trudeau called for a more unified political environment and proposed changes to Canada’s electoral process that would allow voters to “seek common ground instead of polarizing and dividing Canadians against each other.” According to him, it is “especially regrettable” that he could not make amendments to this process during his term of office, as it goes up to the next elections.
Why is Justin Trudeau resigning?
Trudeau’s leadership has faced significant challenges in the wake of the COVID crisis, which has led to a loss of trust among Canadians of diverse backgrounds. Key issues such as housing affordability, rising living standards and high levels of immigration have led to widespread frustration. This growing frustration led Trudeau’s own Liberal supporters to begin calling for his resignation.
The sudden resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Dec. 16 further complicated Trudeau’s political landscape and threw his Liberal Party into disarray, reviving calls for his resignation.
In an explosive resignation letter posted online, Freeland said he and the prime minister had “disagreeed about the best path forward for Canada.” His housing minister resigned a week ago.
Asked to address Freeland’s departure, which some see as the catalyst for Trudeau’s resignation announcement, the prime minister said he had hoped Freeland would agree to continue in his cabinet as deputy prime minister, “but he chose otherwise.” Trudeau declined to elaborate on their “private conversation.”
Trudeau made a last-ditch effort to reshuffle his cabinet in hopes of adding some stability to his government, but it also failed.
The editorial staff of “Toronto Star” reported on this and op-ed In an article published on December 16, Trudeau is “more concerned with his own survival than the national interest” and urges him to go “for his legacy, his party and his country”.
So does the Toronto Police Association he said In a Dec. 17 post on social media, Trudeau said he had lost confidence in his government and “it’s time to step down and let someone else handle these important public safety issues.”
Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party and a one-time Trudeau ally, has threatened to topple the minority Liberal government with a vote of no confidence in the next session unless he resigns.
“Justin Trudeau has failed at the greatest job of a prime minister: working for the people, not the powerful,” Singh said in an online statement.
Trump tariff threat
Calls for Trudeau’s resignation intensified after the announcement of the newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump. potential blanket 25% rate against Canada and Mexico if they don’t take stronger action against illegal immigration and drug-trafficking concerns. Trump has taken aim at Trudeau and Canada in recent days, making it look like the president-elect is joking Canada became the 51st state With Trudeau as governor.
Some of Trudeau’s critics suggest he is unopposed Trump’s economic pressure and violence.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre called for an early election, while Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet warned that it would be “totally irresponsible” to remain in such a volatile state under Trudeau.
Questionnaires to show With the October elections, Trudeau’s Liberal Party is 20 points behind the Conservatives.
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