Will Trudeau Resign? Canada’s Leadership in Jeopardy | 12.22.24
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Last week, Canada's finance minister and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's closest allies resigned, sending shockwaves throughout Parliament. Krista Freeland's resignation caused a chain reaction of Parliament members demanding that the Prime Minister resign. In this episode, we speak with Heritage Foundation Vice President for National Security and Foreign Policy Victoria Coates about the uphill battle Trudeau faces and what comes next. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's December 22nd, and this is a Sunday edition of Morning Wire.
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Joining us now is Victoria Coates, vice president of national security and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation. So, Victoria, quite a bit of chaos happening in Canada. First off, Krista Freeland, Canada's finance minister, resigned this past week. How significant is that and what does her departure suggest about the internal fractures within the Liberal Party?
It's a really chaotic situation, and your listeners will be forgiven. There are so many. We have South Korea, we have Japan, we have Germany, we have France. All of these governments are sort of falling into chaos, largely because their populations feel that the governments are not responding to the issues that are important to them, and particularly in Canada. You know, Prime Minister Trudeau, who has been the card-carrying poster child for a woke liberal agenda, very extreme policies on immigration, on gender issues, all of these things has become deeply unpopular to the point of 23% popularity, which is pretty bad. And as you said, Krista Freeland, their finance minister and deputy prime minister, has resigned essentially based on the catastrophic economic situation. And I think you're seeing the Liberal Party really fall apart What is the catastrophic financial situation in Canada?
Well, I think this has all come from very liberal economic policies of Prime Minister Trudeau, where the currency is depreciating dramatically. He is prioritizing DEI issues, for example, going very heavily into an extreme green agenda, all of which is disastrous for Canada's economy. Bear in mind, Canada is one of the world's great energy producers globally. quietly behind the scenes. Canadian conservatives have been saying, hey, why aren't we selling more oil to the United States? You know, why aren't we refining together? Why aren't we developing our natural resources? And I think the Canadian people realize there's a much more productive relationship, particularly with the United States, if we have new leadership in both countries that aren't as committed to an extreme green agenda.
Now, a lot of people are pointing to Trump's return to power as one of the factors that's causing some of this turmoil in Canada, particularly relating to his tariff threats. Is there any truth to that?
I think that's very real, and I'm calling it the Trump effect. It is something that seems to be sort of impacting almost the entire globe. But in this case, there has been an uneven playing field between Canada and the United States. And while USMCA is an improvement factor, on the old NAFTA deal, it has not completely leveled the field. And I think that's what President Trump was saying. And, you know, the impact of that on Canada's economy would be devastating. I think that's why you saw Prime Minister Trudeau hightail it down to Mar-a-Lago last week to try to talk President Trump out of that position. And you had the president offer to make Canada the 51st state and started to refer to him as Governor Trudeau.
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