Trudeau will probably have to resign, if the puppetmasters behind the scenes tell him he’s done, then he’s done for sure, because the puppetmasters will tell his fellow Liberal MPs the same thing and they will force him out. Their vote of non-confidence in him in caucus would give him no option in our system, there’s no such thing as clinging to power in this kind of parliament, the party itself can do that under a new leader but if the caucus unites behind that person, there’s no constitutional way to speed up the mandated October election other than an appeal to the Governor General to dissolve parliament. The last time that happened (with considerable cause) it turned into a national sovereignty debate and the actual reasons for the dissolution were forgotten in the furore. The current Governor General is not going to do that. Back in 1926 when it was tried before, we had a headstrong male GG who was sent over from Britain, but it’s a long time since that was last done and our current GG is a female celebrity type appointment who won’t do much if anything to interfere. So some caretaker leader will probably emerge, lead the party to the normal time for dissolution (June before an October election date) and the election will be called. Then they will be back to third party status.
Another thing that went wrong for the Liberals was that their leftist opponent got into the House in a byelection and didn’t tank as they expected, but actually ended up looking fairly competent. So now they can’t just mop up his lost support from that side of their position which Canadians mistakenly think is centrist (sort of like Gorbachev was a centrist).
Well, maybe, but I think the country would be better off if he didn't and rode this right through the election. The libs would end up with a handful of Quebec seats.
Trudeau is the face, the soul, and the heart of the liberal party. It is a party of one man. There is no bench strength, there is no heir apparent. They rise and fall with this clown. It will be fun to watch.
You forgot to mention that our dearest Julie is a RABID ATHEIST.
It’s one thing to hold that opinion, but her loud denunciations of believers were way out of line. I don’t know who, but somebody managed to put a muzzle on the (rhymes with rich) on that topic.
I am curious as to how the liEberals are going to handle the upcoming election. Yet another thoughtful present (hard scheduled elections) given us by PM Harper. I miss that guy.