By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-06 17:37:18 | Updated at 2025-01-10 16:35:21
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Chief Political Correspondent had tears in her eyes this morning as she reported on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation.
The broadcast from Rosemary Barton, 48, came minutes before the politician confirmed his exit during a speech outside Rideau Cottage, in Ottawa, a little after 11am.
As she waited, a visibly emotional Barton talked up the progressive, hailing his pandemic response and legacy.
This, along with her frazzled emotional state, spawned a storm of critical comments on social media, as many reminded her of what led to the decision. Others predicted that the staffer's job - thanks to Trudeau's potential replacement - was 'toast'.
She remained glassy-eyed and choked up for much of the broadcast, which continued after Trudeau's announcement.
She said nothing negative regarding the Trudeau leadership, which has been hanging over Canada for going on 12 years.
Trudeau, meanwhile, said the country’s parliament will be suspended until March 24 as a new leader is chosen, after his time at the top paved the way for a potential landslide liberal party loss if he stayed.
Polls and protests ahead of Trudeau's resignation made that abundantly clear, but Barton appeared to still take it to heart. As onlookers took notice, other Canadian personalities appearing on the air also insisted Trudeau had been successful, sparking speculation.
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC's) Chief Political Correspondent, Rosie Barton, had tears in her eyes this morning as she reported on Justin Trudeau's resignation.
The broadcast came minutes before the politician confirmed his exit during a speech outside Rideau Cottage, in Ottawa, a little after 11am, and spawned some critical comments on social media
'Rosie Barton is just vile. Just vile. The coverage for this announcement is as expected,' wrote one onlooker of the anchor's display.
'Rosie Barton is crying on the CBC,' added another. 'Gotta love it! It will be a glorious day when the CBC is finally defunded.'
'Wonder if @RosieBarton was tearfully taking down her Justin posters in her girl power bedroom last night,' joked another, of a woman who over the past decade has become a fixture on the channel, each year interviewing Trudeau herself.
'@CBCNews should put old Rosie on suicide watch now that her reason for being is getting kicked out of govt,' the commenter sniped.
'Watching CBC… @RosieBarton is on the verge of tears,' noticed someone else. 'Trembling voice and all... talking about Trudeau’s legacy and how much Canada supposedly owes him. Aww.'
Several others expressed more of the same, as Barton at one point joked about losing out on her regular, year-end interview with the 53-year-old, whose tenure has given way to a pronounced housing crisis.
Meanwhile, floated replacement Pierre Poilievere, a conservative, has threatened to defund the CBC.
'Rosie Barton is looking at unemployment,' thus joked one X user. 'So much for objective journalism,' added another.
Barton's frazzled emotional state, spawned a storm of critical comments on social media, as many reminded her of what led to the decision. Others predicted the staffer's job was 'toast'
Her fate at the network is somewhat uncertain, after Trudeau's likely replacement has pondered 'defunding' the government station
The storm of comments honed in a figure, who over the past decade, has become a fixture on the channel, each year interviewing Trudeau herself
Someone else shared a meme similarly suggesting that Barton's 'job [was] toast,' as other networks reported on the Trudeau situation in real-time as well.
Sitting down with CTV, public opinion pollster Nik Nanos also spoke highly of Trudeau, praising him for helping Canada 'navigate through the first Trump presidency.'
He further hailed the liberal leader for getting the country 'through the pandemic,' and 'advanc[ing] a number of progressive policies.'
This is a developing story; please check for updates.
