BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Announces Resignation

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-06 16:48:12 | Updated at 2025-01-10 16:32:43 3 days ago

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Announces Resignation
Townhall ^ | 01/06/2025 | Jeff Charles

Posted on 01/06/2025 8:37:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday after serving in this position since 2015.

During a press conference, Trudeau stated he plans to step down as prime minister after his party selects a new leader.

Over the holidays, I've also had a chance to reflect and have had long talks with my family about our future. Throughout the course of my career, any success I have personally achieved has been because of their support and with their encouragement. So last night, over dinner, I told my kids about the decision that I'm sharing with you today. I intend to resign as party leader and as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process.

Trudeau’s decision comes after members of the Liberal Party persuaded him to step down amid polling showing that it would suffer devastating losses to the Conservative Party if he remained in his position, according to Newsweek. He will remain as prime minister until a replacement is selected.

The prime minister has had a long and storied career in Canadian politics. He first started his journey in 2008.

Trudeau first entered the political scene in 2008, when he was elected a member of Parliament, and then as leader of the Liberal Party five years later.

In 2015, he claimed the premiership after he campaigned on an anti-Conservative platform and won a clear majority in the October elections, seeing off his predecessor, Stephen Harper.

One of the country’s youngest-ever leaders, Trudeau ascended to popularity by pushing progressive values on the global stage, branding himself as an antidote to former President Donald Trump. He won successive elections in 2019 and 2021.

But his early rise has steadily declined after a series of political setbacks — including accusations of racism after old photographs surfaced of him using blackface and anger over vaccine mandates during the coronavirus pandemic.

Trudeau has come under fire on numerous occasions throughout his time in office. The blackface issue, in particular, caused many to accuse him of being a racist.

Perhaps the most significant scandal erupted in 2019 when images emerged of him wearing brownface at a party in 2001 while he taught at a private school.

The photographs showed Trudeau, then a 29-year-old teacher at the West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, dressed as an Arabian Nights character with his skin darkened, a turban, and robes.

This incident, along with two additional instances of Trudeau in blackface, sparked massive outrage.

While he issued public apologies, acknowledging the racism of his actions, the damage was done, and his leadership was called into question by many, particularly among Canada’s minority communities.

WAIT!!!!!!

I just learned that this photo is REAL 💀 I always thought this photo of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface was photoshop. I am SCREAMING !!! pic.twitter.com/fSdWXtd54U— Xaviaer DuRousseau (@XAVIAERD) June 6, 2023

Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, has been an aggressive critic of Trudeau’s administration and is expected to become the country’s next prime minister. He has been highlighting many of the problems Canada is facing, including inflation, rising mortgage rates, and the current housing crisis, Politico reported.

Poilievre in July 2024 called Trudeau a “joke on the world stage” and said he was “embarrassed” by his attendance at the NATO leaders’ summit.

I was embarrassed to see our prime minister treated like a human piñata by the rest of the NATO countries. They look upon him with total and complete ridicule. Canadians are tired of being embarrassed by a prime minister who prances around and preens, lectures the world, without doing his part.

The prime minister’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has also been a sore spot for Canadians, who resented the lockdown orders and other restrictions placed on them. Anger over these policies led to a massive protest involving truckers who organized the Freedom Convoy to demonstrate against Trudeau’s COVID-19 policies.

The prime minister responded by sending thousands of police officers to arrest protesters under the Emergencies Act even though they were not engaging in violence.

A federal judge in 2024 ruled that Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act led to violations of constitutional rights. She noted that “there was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the decision to do so was therefore unreasonable.”

It is not yet known who will take over the Liberal Party after Trudeau’s resignation.

TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: resignation; trudeau

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1 posted on 01/06/2025 8:37:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind

To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

2 posted on 01/06/2025 8:38:09 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)

To: SeekAndFind

3 posted on 01/06/2025 8:38:33 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

To: ConservativeMind

RE: Justin CASTRO!

I prefer the musically rhythmic name — FIDELITO !

Someone ought to write a song that sounds like Abba’s Chiquitita :)

4 posted on 01/06/2025 8:40:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind

To: SeekAndFind

Great news!

We need his family to resign control of Cuba. Would be a BOOM there building new hotels.

5 posted on 01/06/2025 8:41:45 AM PST by TigerClaws

To: SeekAndFind

What’s happening is this. Trudeau resigned as Liberal Party leader so a new leader can be found to contest the election later this year.

He also “prorogued” Parliament so his government can’t be voted out in a no-confidence vote that was expected later this month.

He’s trying to help the Liberals in the election that will come by this fall one way or another.

But as it stands the Conservatives will win the election this delays the eventual outcome.

6 posted on 01/06/2025 8:41:59 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)

To: SeekAndFind

7 posted on 01/06/2025 8:42:34 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)

To: ConservativeMind

Now listen here, I dont want any tears today. I know he was beloved here but dont let it distract you from your day? :)

What a clown.

Like the England leader now.

Like biden and harris and obama.

The problem is, like John Gacy said, “you can get away with anyone when you’re dressed like a clown”

And they did.

And no, just like Gacy was stopped, hopefully it is over.

And not for 4 years...the west needs DECADES to undue the damage completely.

And I pray they do

8 posted on 01/06/2025 8:42:51 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)

To: SeekAndFind

What he did to Canadian truckers was disgusting.

To: SeekAndFind

He must be satisfied with all the damage.

To: SeekAndFind

11 posted on 01/06/2025 8:44:48 AM PST by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)

To: SeekAndFind

I hope Poilievre gets the position, and can make Canada nice again. He’ll have to reverse Trudeau’s insane positions on immigration, free speech and death by doctor.

The fascist won’t be missed. But I don’t feel sorry for him. He’ll be given a high-paying, low-effort job out of the public eye, and then he’ll try to come back in a couple of years.

12 posted on 01/06/2025 8:44:50 AM PST by I want the USA back (The drones. Are we supposed to just forget about them? They've dropped out of the news. )

To: bitt

13 posted on 01/06/2025 8:44:57 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)

To: SeekAndFind

14 posted on 01/06/2025 8:46:27 AM PST by MAGA2017

To: All

Anger over Trudeau’s policies led to a massive protest involving truckers who organized the “Freedom Convoy” to demonstrate against Trudeau’s COVID-19 policies.

The prime minister responded by sending thousands of police officers to arrest protesters under the Emergencies Act even though they were not engaging in violence.

15 posted on 01/06/2025 8:47:18 AM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))

To: Nextrush

Exactly. This is like Biden being shoved out the door with Kamala inserted as an over-the-transom substitute. It’s a final attempt to reshuffle the deck for the next election.

The question is how many Canadian voters will be ready to turn Trudeau into the scapegoat and conclude that the Liberals aren’t so bad after all.

In other words, how many Canadian voters are blithering idiots? The Liberals are betting that enough of them are to make a difference, and the Canadian media is a house organ for the Liberals.

16 posted on 01/06/2025 8:47:41 AM PST by sphinx

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