[ot] Strong rumours: Canada's PM Trudeau about to resign (fwd)

[danny burstein]

Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics

(obRAT: Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

[Rhino]

Post by danny burstein
Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics
(obRAT:  Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-
announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

Another article behind a paywall....

Could you kindly copy and paste the article here?

Robert Fife is pretty sharp and well-connected so I'm more inclined to
take him seriously than most of the other barking seals in our legacy media.

I'm especially interested in learning the DATE of this national caucus
meeting. If it's months away, I'm just going to yawn because any number
of things could happen to preclude it from happening. If it's this week,
that's a different story.

[danny burstein]

Post by Rhino

Post by danny burstein
Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics
(obRAT:  Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-
announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

Another article behind a paywall....
Could you kindly copy and paste the article here?

afraid not. When I looked earlier I actually
saw the article, but now it paywall's me
after the headline...

Note that other sources now have this, so if you
go a searching...
[globe and Mail]

Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national
caucus meeting Wednesday

Robert Fife, Marieke Walsh

[Rhino]

Post by danny burstein

Post by Rhino

Post by danny burstein
Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics
(obRAT:  Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-
announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

Another article behind a paywall....
Could you kindly copy and paste the article here?

afraid not. When I looked earlier I actually
saw the article, but now it paywall's me
after the headline...
Note that other sources now have this, so if you
go a searching...
[globe and Mail]
Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national
caucus meeting Wednesday
Robert Fife, Marieke Walsh

No worries! Given that it was late Sunday evening, I was afraid that
Fife had gotten a scoop and no one else was on the story yet but a quick
search after I posted revealed that there was lots of coverage,
including on YouTube.

It looks like Trudeau's announcement will come at or before his caucus
meeting on Wednesday so it's not one of these things that he'll get
around to sometime down the road.

But of course it is still only a rumour from an unnamed source. I'm NOT
going to hold my breath until I've seen footage of the words coming out
of Trudeau's mouth and have made sure it is not some kind of deep fake.
This asshole has been oblivious to the feelings of people in this
country who want him and his party OUT for *YEARS* now. He actually
seems to be believe that he is indispensable in preserving this country
when he has done more than anyone in our history to destroy it.

[Nyssa]

Post by Rhino

Post by danny burstein

Post by Rhino

Post by danny burstein
Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics
(obRAT: Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to->>>> announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

Another article behind a paywall....
Could you kindly copy and paste the article here?

afraid not. When I looked earlier I actually
saw the article, but now it paywall's me
after the headline...
Note that other sources now have this, so if you
go a searching...
[globe and Mail]
Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national
caucus meeting Wednesday
Robert Fife, Marieke Walsh

No worries! Given that it was late Sunday evening, I was afraid that
Fife had gotten a scoop and no one else was on the story yet but a quick
search after I posted revealed that there was lots of coverage,
including on YouTube.
It looks like Trudeau's announcement will come at or before his caucus
meeting on Wednesday so it's not one of these things that he'll get
around to sometime down the road.
But of course it is still only a rumour from an unnamed source. I'm NOT
going to hold my breath until I've seen footage of the words coming out
of Trudeau's mouth and have made sure it is not some kind of deep fake.
This asshole has been oblivious to the feelings of people in this
country who want him and his party OUT for *YEARS* now. He actually
seems to be believe that he is indispensable in preserving this country
when he has done more than anyone in our history to destroy it.

How about this link?

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7423680

Press conference from Rideau Cottage later this morning should
settle it.

Nyssa, who wonders how many voters thought they were voting
for Pierre instead of Justin the first time around

[The Horny Goat]

Post by Nyssa
Press conference from Rideau Cottage later this morning should
settle it.
Nyssa, who wonders how many voters thought they were voting
for Pierre instead of Justin the first time around

Gawd I hope not given Justin's first election was either 2012 or 2015
(depending on whether you mean running for Parliament or prime
minister) while Pierre Trudeau died in 2000.

That would be like an American voting for Harris thinking he/she was
actually voting for Jimmy Carter....

[The Horny Goat]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 03:00:23 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein

Post by danny burstein
Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national
caucus meeting Wednesday
Robert Fife, Marieke Walsh

If you can't get through the paywall try

It's not print I spent 4 hours on it last night and it's now not a
rumor but fact - he has announced his intention to resign as soon as a
new party leader is elected. One presumes this means a later election
not sooner.

(Like most countries using a version of the UK system, Canada does not
have fixed election dates though there is a maximum of 5 years.
Elections are called by the prime minister though there are customary
days - for instance no politician would call an election during a
holiday period like Christmas or even Superbowl weekend...)

[NoBody]

Post by danny burstein
Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics
(obRAT: Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

Absolutely love it that he's leaving. He's been a complete disaster.

[Rhino]

Post by NoBody

Post by danny burstein
Since there's been a thread here about Canadian politics
(obRAT: Plenty of "American" programs are actually produced in Canada...)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/

Absolutely love it that he's leaving. He's been a complete disaster.

Don't count your chickens until they're hatched. He is such a boundless
narcissist that I would not put it past him to try to offer some
half-assed apology, promise to do better, and then stay in the
leadership to run in the next election.

In fact, I rather hope he tries that. It will make things that much
sweeter when he and his entire party - and his friends in the NDP - are
utterly crushed at the next election.

Mind you, the Liberals will get creamed in any case. There is apparently
fresh polling where Canadians were asked who they would vote for if
various other Liberals were leader and the results were dismal. The very
best the Liberals could hope for would be 21% if Freeland were the new
leader; Joly would give them 16% and Mark Carney would give them 14%.
That is no kind of winning formula.

[The Horny Goat]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 08:57:41 -0500, Rhino

Post by Rhino
Don't count your chickens until they're hatched. He is such a boundless
narcissist that I would not put it past him to try to offer some
half-assed apology, promise to do better, and then stay in the
leadership to run in the next election.
In fact, I rather hope he tries that. It will make things that much
sweeter when he and his entire party - and his friends in the NDP - are
utterly crushed at the next election.

I had rather hoped this too though as you said in your earlier posting
the words are now "out of his mouth"

Bottom line is economically when he came to power Canada was on top of
the G7 - the average Canadian wage now ranks with Mississippi - not
sure where that is in US terms but it's in the bottom 10% of states
economically.

Fundamentally he ran record deficits during COVID then continued them
post-COVID and coupled it with an immigration system that makes
Biden's look armor-plated by comparison.

There have been feature stories in the Canadian press this week on the
subject and there are said to be 900,000 people in the country on
temporary work permits which are now expired with the government
having no clue how many have left and how many are still in the
country.