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And she resigns, and apparently whoever was supposed to replace her by law refused to take the position. And so there was no minister of finance for a certain period of time. But she puts out a letter. That is scathing, a scathing rebuke of Justin Trudeau about how in light of Trump's threat for a 25% tariff, they no longer see eye to eye.

She was offered a position, another position in the cabinet. And she said, no, I'm better off just stepping down. And then they spent the entire day like a bunch of clowns in parliament arguing back and forth as to whether or not they should just basically trigger another election because it's clear Justin Trudeau has lost control of his own government. So there were calls for him to resign.

She was offered a position, another position in the cabinet. And she said, no, I'm better off just stepping down. And then they spent the entire day like a bunch of clowns in parliament arguing back and forth as to whether or not they should just basically trigger another election because it's clear Justin Trudeau has lost control of his own government. So there were calls for him to resign.

as there have been for a while, but his government's in shambles, period. And the only question is, what's going to happen? They're recessing for Christmas.

as there have been for a while, but his government's in shambles, period. And the only question is, what's going to happen? They're recessing for Christmas.

There was talk as to whether or not he might prorogue, which is end the session, and then start a new session in the new year, or whether or not there's just going to be a no-confidence vote, and they're going to trigger an election earlier than what would be the legally required limit in 2025 anyhow.

There was talk as to whether or not he might prorogue, which is end the session, and then start a new session in the new year, or whether or not there's just going to be a no-confidence vote, and they're going to trigger an election earlier than what would be the legally required limit in 2025 anyhow.

Hopefully I'm not going to screw this up because I think at this point I know more about American politics than Canadian. It's a parliamentary system. Every four years, you have an election by law. And we have a multi-party system. It's not like a two-party system. And so basically throughout all of these 300 ridings, 338 ridings across Canada, you vote for a party.

Hopefully I'm not going to screw this up because I think at this point I know more about American politics than Canadian. It's a parliamentary system. Every four years, you have an election by law. And we have a multi-party system. It's not like a two-party system. And so basically throughout all of these 300 ridings, 338 ridings across Canada, you vote for a party.

And then whichever party gets the majority or the most votes, because you could have a minority government, which is what Trudeau has had since 2021, they basically elect their leader. So you don't elect a president or you don't elect a prime minister directly in Canada. It goes by a party system where you vote for the party, the party appoints their leader, and that's the prime minister.

And then whichever party gets the majority or the most votes, because you could have a minority government, which is what Trudeau has had since 2021, they basically elect their leader. So you don't elect a president or you don't elect a prime minister directly in Canada. It goes by a party system where you vote for the party, the party appoints their leader, and that's the prime minister.

We've got many parties, so it's not a two-party system, but it's sort of effectively a two-party system. You got your liberals, your conservatives, what they call the NDP, that's Jagmeet Singh's party, the New Democrat Party, which are, I mean, even more fascistic in many ways than the liberals. Then you've got some smaller parties, the Green Party. We've actually got a Marxist party.

We've got many parties, so it's not a two-party system, but it's sort of effectively a two-party system. You got your liberals, your conservatives, what they call the NDP, that's Jagmeet Singh's party, the New Democrat Party, which are, I mean, even more fascistic in many ways than the liberals. Then you've got some smaller parties, the Green Party. We've actually got a Marxist party.

I think we've got a pot party. We've got the Bloc Québécois, which is a federal party. It means it's federal, like the federal government here, representing basically the interests of Quebec as a province to separate from the federation. you have an ironic sort of federal party that the goal of which is to pull the province out of the federation.

I think we've got a pot party. We've got the Bloc Québécois, which is a federal party. It means it's federal, like the federal government here, representing basically the interests of Quebec as a province to separate from the federation. you have an ironic sort of federal party that the goal of which is to pull the province out of the federation.

And you have your elections every four years, unless what we have is called a, a non-confidence vote where basically the, you know, the government says we no longer have faith in this particular government trigger an election and see if you can, a government or a party can eke out more of a minority or more of a majority position. So basically,

And you have your elections every four years, unless what we have is called a, a non-confidence vote where basically the, you know, the government says we no longer have faith in this particular government trigger an election and see if you can, a government or a party can eke out more of a minority or more of a majority position. So basically,

By law, every four years, there's going to be an election, and they have to have one in 2025 regardless.

By law, every four years, there's going to be an election, and they have to have one in 2025 regardless.

They could have, or I should say the government, the system could have called a non-confidence vote any time since 2021, but there has been something of a de facto coalition between the NDP, which is left of the liberals, and the liberals, which has been maintaining this liberal minority government in power since 2021.