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He travelled to Florida in November to meet with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate to head off a trade war. But the US president-elect has since also landed humiliating blows against Trudeau on social media, repeatedly calling him “governor” of Canada and declaring that the United States’ northern neighbour becoming the 51st US state is a “great idea.”
*Justin Trudeau, Canadian outgoing PM
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 7, 2025
According to media reports, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resigned as he faces mounting dissent within his Liberal party.
Trudeau’s departure would leave his party without a leader just a few months before the next legislative elections, scheduled to be held by the end of October. Trudeau’s popularity has waned in recent months, with his government narrowly surviving a series of no-confidence votes and critics calling for his resignation.
He has vowed to stay on to guide the Liberals to elections but has faced further pressure from incoming US president Donald Trump, who has threatened a 25-percent tariff on Canadian goods.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland quit in December after disagreeing with Trudeau over how to respond to Trump’s apparent plan, in the first open dissent against the prime minister within his cabinet.
Trudeau announced a major shakeup to his cabinet later that month, changing a third of his team to settle the political turmoil.
He travelled to Florida in November to meet with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate to head off a trade war.
But the US president-elect has since also landed humiliating blows against Trudeau on social media, repeatedly calling him “governor” of Canada and declaring that the United States’ northern neighbour becoming the 51st US state is a “great idea.”
Trudeau swept to power in 2015 and led the Liberals to two more ballot box victories in 2019 and 2021. But he now trails his main rival, Conservative Pierre Poilievre, by 20 points in public opinion polls.
The eldest son of the charismatic former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who died in 2000. Justin Trudeau came late to politics after working as a snowboard instructor, bartender, bouncer and teacher. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008 to represent a working-class Montreal neighbourhood.
He brought in Senate reforms, signed a new trade deal with the United States and introduced a carbon tax to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions during his first two terms as prime minister.
The married father of three also legalized cannabis, held a public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and passed legislation permitting medically assisted suicide.
Source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics
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