After facing intense pressure to resign, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that he would step down after nearly ten years in office.
The 53-year-old leader stated that he would remain in his position until his party, the left-wing Liberal Party, selects a successor.
This decision follows a series of urgent calls for Trudeau to leave office in recent weeks, spurred by concerning polling data that revealed a significant drop in his popularity.
Recent surveys have shown that his party would face a decisive defeat against the opposition Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, in an election that must take place by the end of October.
Trudeau, who has held office since 2015, has seen his approval ratings sink dramatically in recent years, driven by several issues including rising costs of living, such as food and housing.
Calls for his resignation gained further traction after his former finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, unexpectedly resigned last month.
Freeland’s surprise departure came after Trudeau attempted to reduce her influence when she opposed his plans for increased government spending.
In a sharp letter, Freeland accused Trudeau of prioritizing “political gimmicks” over the well-being of Canada’s economy.
The political instability also coincides with a looming threat from Donald Trump’s administration, particularly the potential imposition of 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods.
Trump, who has persistently criticized Trudeau since winning the US presidency, warned that if Canada fails to address what he calls an influx of migrants and drugs crossing the border, he would levy these tariffs.
Trudeau, the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, assumed leadership of the Liberal Party in 2013 when it was in disarray, relegated to third place in the House of Commons for the first time in history.
He successfully led the Liberals to victory in 2015 with a promise of “sunny ways” and a progressive agenda focused on women’s rights and combating climate change.
Trudeau went on to secure two more reelections, solidifying his place as one of the longest-serving prime ministers in Canadian history.
{Matzav.com}
He successfully led the Liberals to victory in 2015 with a promise of “sunny ways” and a progressive agenda focused on women’s rights and combating climate change.
Yawn. How do these tremendously important ideas & theologies, help the hard working taxpayers put bread and butter on their kitchen table?! Kamala Harris thought she could do the same, here in the States. Stupid arrogant people.
To paraphrase what Rav Avigdor Miller, ZT’L, responded to a different news item:
“WE SHOULD ALL SHOUT ‘MAZAL TOV!!'”
For this is extremely wonderful news. Justin Trudeau is a severely evil tyrannical dictator. We well remember the dramatic awesome event of the “Freedom Convoy” a couple of years ago. It was that thousands of truck drivers joined up and drove their trucks from across the country into the capital city of Ottawa to protest the tyrannical laws trying to force everyone to accept the excessively dangerous Covid vaccines. Understandably, these people did not want to be coerced into taking those harmful shots and be maimed & killed. And we well remember how Mr. Trudeau vehemently vilified those protestors with all kinds of sick slurs and outright lies and, on the streets of Ottawa, had his wicked police deliberately ride their big horses into the protestor crowds knocking down and trampling on elderly women.
We certainly say on him “SHEIM RESHAIM YIRKAV!!” – “THE NAME OF THE WICKED WILL ROT!!” We should definitely pray that very soon he will have a complete downfall.
If you know why “Trudeau” is sporting a beard, you know everything about him.
Good Riddance; you ba’al gavanik!
You’re screaming to the four walls. It’s just that masks are coming off. Originals are lonnnnnng gone.
He’s a liberal, state-socialist, spoiled idiot.
Baruch Hashem, he’s out!
I couldn”t agree more. He was the archetype liberal. He even hesitated to use masculine and feminine pronouns for fear of offending his transgender supporters.
As a Canadian I would vote for Trump. The stronger North America becomes the better it is for Canadians and Ameicans. Ask any Canadian how he defines himself and he”ll tell you “Well I am not an American” .. Those days are gone – either the USA rules the world or China and friends .. take your choice.