Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau. Fox News/AFP/Getty.
Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minster of Canada, will resign as soon as his party chooses new leadership. Fox News. Trudeau cited internal opposition in his party as the reason he could no longer serve. Trudeau saw his approval ratings collapse due to high cost of living and inflation in Canada. Trudeau had lost support from his Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, who wrote a scathing resignation letter criticizing Trudeau's economic policies and warned Canada of the threat levied by President Elect Donald Trump to issue tariffs. Trudeau's resignation gives his party, the Liberal Party, a chance to right the ship before the election in October. It is unclear who will take over as a caretaker Prime Minster.
My Comment:
I am not sad to see Justin Trudeau, I have been extremely critical of him, to the point where I made a joke with my Dad that I wasn't sure if I would be allowed in the country when he suggested going fishing in Canada. And I am not even sure I was joking, I was extremely harsh to Trudeau during the Freedom Convoy protests, to the point where I supported the protests against his government.
Trudeau had come under withering criticism recently, not for his asinine covid restrictions or his tyranny when it comes to guns, but due to the economy. Canada has not kept up with the United States in terms of growth ever since Trudeau took power. And that doesn't even include the absolute mess that is the housing crisis in Canada.
Indeed, there are several reasons why housing is so expensive in a country that has a huge amount of space to build. Part of it is China buying up real estate in Canada, keeping prices high. This is such a priority for China they have interfered in Canadian elections to keep Trudeau in power.
The elephant in the room is the massive wave of immigration that has fundamentally changed Canada. The majority of these immigrants appear to be low skilled workers from India and they have not behaved well at all. Indeed, the behavior of these immigrants has been so poor it has caused a global backlash against Indians and India itself. I am sure that if Canada hadn't done this the H1B visa issue here in the United States would not have blown up the way it has. Everyone has heard the horror stories of the behavior of Indians in Canada and the backlash has been severe.
Trudeau also seemed to downplay the threat that Donald Trump posed to Canada. I do think he is serious when he says that he will impose tariffs on Canada if they don't give Trump the concessions he wants. And I also don't think that his "jokes" about Canada being annexed by the United States are actual jokes, he's not 100% serious but he is absolutely floating the idea of taking over, which is something Canada should be taking seriously. I never got the impression that Trump and Trudeau actually liked each other, the way Trump likes some other world leaders, like Macron of France and the former president of Mexico, AMLO. Trudeau is absolutely the wrong person to deal with Trump.
Of course the problem now is that who on earth is going to replace Trudeau. Given the fact that the Liberal Party is likely to get wiped out in the next election, who is going to volunteer, except some self serving person that wants "Prime Minster" on their resume. I'm no expert on Canadian politics, so I won't float any names, but I can't imagine they are going to get someone good to serve until October and take the blame for Trudeau's failures when they lose the election.
I have to say out of all the world leaders I hated Trudeau the most. I hate how smugly lefty he was and how arrogant he was about the United States. I hated how he used one incident to try and ban guns throughout his country. And I hate how much of a failure he is, truly, Mexico has been run better than Canada since Trudeau took power...
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