Trudeau Calls It Quits & Biden’s Drilling Ban | 1.7.25
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling it quits amid plummeting approvals and rising discontent within his own party.
Their only objection is that he is no longer popular enough to win an election and keep it in power.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plan to resign after nearly a decade in power. Here with the latest on the significant development is DailyWire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice. So Tim, a big announcement, though maybe not so shocking. How did we get here?
Well, Georgia, Trudeau's been bleeding support as Canadians blame him for a tanking economy and skyrocketing inflation. He's caught flack for his left-wing environmental policies, which have led to soaring energy costs, and his push for increased immigration, which has fueled a housing crisis. Towards the end of last year, polls showed Trudeau's support dip to around 20%, which means he's leaving office as one of the least popular figures in Canadian politics. Calls for him to resign picked up towards the end of the year as several figures in his government resigned, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, one of his closest allies. Trump's threat of imposing tariffs on Canada also took a toll on Trudeau. So no one was really surprised when he announced his decision to resign in Ottawa yesterday morning.
I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process. This country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election.
Now, Canada's parliamentary system is different from ours. Can you explain what happens when a prime minister resigns?
Yeah. So as Trudeau said, he's stepping down not just as prime minister, but also as party leader. So first, the Liberal Party needs to elect a new leader. Parliament, which was supposed to resume on January 27th, will be suspended until March 24th. At that point, there will be another election where the new Liberal Party leader will likely face off against rising Conservative Party leader Pierre Palliev, who's been one of Trudeau's harshest critics. Here was Palliev's reaction to Trudeau's resignation.
Justin Trudeau is finally leaving. But what has really changed? Every liberal MP in power today and every potential liberal leadership contender fighting for the top job helped Justin Trudeau break the country over the last nine years. Now, while leaderless liberals focus on saving their jobs and fighting each other for power, the country spirals out of control. An out-of-control housing emergency, an out-of-control migrant crisis, an out-of-control $62 billion deficit, not to mention tariff threats from the United States.
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