Posted on 01/06/2025 8:37:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday after serving in this position since 2015.
During a press conference, Trudeau stated he plans to step down as prime minister after his party selects a new leader.
Over the holidays, I've also had a chance to reflect and have had long talks with my family about our future. Throughout the course of my career, any success I have personally achieved has been because of their support and with their encouragement. So last night, over dinner, I told my kids about the decision that I'm sharing with you today. I intend to resign as party leader and as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process.
Trudeau’s decision comes after members of the Liberal Party persuaded him to step down amid polling showing that it would suffer devastating losses to the Conservative Party if he remained in his position, according to Newsweek. He will remain as prime minister until a replacement is selected.
The prime minister has had a long and storied career in Canadian politics. He first started his journey in 2008.
Trudeau first entered the political scene in 2008, when he was elected a member of Parliament, and then as leader of the Liberal Party five years later.
In 2015, he claimed the premiership after he campaigned on an anti-Conservative platform and won a clear majority in the October elections, seeing off his predecessor, Stephen Harper.
One of the country’s youngest-ever leaders, Trudeau ascended to popularity by pushing progressive values on the global stage, branding himself as an antidote to former President Donald Trump. He won successive elections in 2019 and 2021.
But his early rise has steadily declined after a series of political setbacks — including accusations of racism after old photographs surfaced of him using blackface and anger over vaccine mandates during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trudeau has come under fire on numerous occasions throughout his time in office. The blackface issue, in particular, caused many to accuse him of being a racist.
Perhaps the most significant scandal erupted in 2019 when images emerged of him wearing brownface at a party in 2001 while he taught at a private school.
The photographs showed Trudeau, then a 29-year-old teacher at the West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, dressed as an Arabian Nights character with his skin darkened, a turban, and robes.
This incident, along with two additional instances of Trudeau in blackface, sparked massive outrage.
While he issued public apologies, acknowledging the racism of his actions, the damage was done, and his leadership was called into question by many, particularly among Canada’s minority communities.
WAIT!!!!!!
I just learned that this photo is REAL 💀 I always thought this photo of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface was photoshop. I am SCREAMING !!! pic.twitter.com/fSdWXtd54U— Xaviaer DuRousseau (@XAVIAERD) June 6, 2023
Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, has been an aggressive critic of Trudeau’s administration and is expected to become the country’s next prime minister. He has been highlighting many of the problems Canada is facing, including inflation, rising mortgage rates, and the current housing crisis, Politico reported.
Poilievre in July 2024 called Trudeau a “joke on the world stage” and said he was “embarrassed” by his attendance at the NATO leaders’ summit.
I was embarrassed to see our prime minister treated like a human piñata by the rest of the NATO countries. They look upon him with total and complete ridicule. Canadians are tired of being embarrassed by a prime minister who prances around and preens, lectures the world, without doing his part.
The prime minister’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has also been a sore spot for Canadians, who resented the lockdown orders and other restrictions placed on them. Anger over these policies led to a massive protest involving truckers who organized the Freedom Convoy to demonstrate against Trudeau’s COVID-19 policies.
The prime minister responded by sending thousands of police officers to arrest protesters under the Emergencies Act even though they were not engaging in violence.
A federal judge in 2024 ruled that Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act led to violations of constitutional rights. She noted that “there was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the decision to do so was therefore unreasonable.”
It is not yet known who will take over the Liberal Party after Trudeau’s resignation.
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Justin CASTRO!
RE: Justin CASTRO!
I prefer the musically rhythmic name — FIDELITO !
Someone ought to write a song that sounds like Abba’s Chiquitita :)
Great news!
We need his family to resign control of Cuba. Would be a BOOM there building new hotels.
What’s happening is this. Trudeau resigned as Liberal Party leader so a new leader can be found to contest the election later this year.
He also “prorogued” Parliament so his government can’t be voted out in a no-confidence vote that was expected later this month.
He’s trying to help the Liberals in the election that will come by this fall one way or another.
But as it stands the Conservatives will win the election this delays the eventual outcome.
Now listen here, I dont want any tears today. I know he was beloved here but dont let it distract you from your day? :)
What a clown.
Like the England leader now.
Like biden and harris and obama.
The problem is, like John Gacy said, “you can get away with anyone when you’re dressed like a clown”
And they did.
And no, just like Gacy was stopped, hopefully it is over.
And not for 4 years...the west needs DECADES to undue the damage completely.
And I pray they do
What he did to Canadian truckers was disgusting.
I hope Poilievre gets the position, and can make Canada nice again. He’ll have to reverse Trudeau’s insane positions on immigration, free speech and death by doctor.
The fascist won’t be missed. But I don’t feel sorry for him. He’ll be given a high-paying, low-effort job out of the public eye, and then he’ll try to come back in a couple of years.
Happy January 6th!
Anger over Trudeau’s policies led to a massive protest involving truckers who organized the “Freedom Convoy” to demonstrate against Trudeau’s COVID-19 policies.
The prime minister responded by sending thousands of police officers to arrest protesters under the Emergencies Act even though they were not engaging in violence.
Exactly. This is like Biden being shoved out the door with Kamala inserted as an over-the-transom substitute. It’s a final attempt to reshuffle the deck for the next election.
The question is how many Canadian voters will be ready to turn Trudeau into the scapegoat and conclude that the Liberals aren’t so bad after all.
In other words, how many Canadian voters are blithering idiots? The Liberals are betting that enough of them are to make a difference, and the Canadian media is a house organ for the Liberals.
Bye Bye at last !!!!!
The winner of the Liberal leadership contest is set to become Canada’s 24th prime minister and will have to quickly prepare for an election, which the Conservative Party is the clear favorite to win, according to public opinion polls.
A national vote is due by October, but it’s likely it will come sooner. The three major opposition parties in parliament have said they will back a motion of non-confidence in the government. If they follow through on that threat, they would bring down the government, and an election campaign would begin.
What he and his band of WEFing enviro-commie-fascists have done to Canadians in general, and Western Canadians in particular, is disgusting!
His ‘best before’ date was December 25, 1971. Hopefully, he’ll avail himself of MAiD.
Poilievre in July 2024 called Trudeau a “joke on the world stage” and said he was “embarrassed” by his attendance at the NATO leaders’ summit. “I was embarrassed to see our prime minister treated like a human piñata by the rest of the NATO countries. They look upon him with total and complete ridicule. Canadians are tired of being embarrassed by a prime minister who prances around and preens, lectures the world, without doing his part.”
He got that backwards - Trudeau is their POSTER BOY having done everything humanly possible to put an end to Canada being a White society. He was their dream come true.
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