Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM

Post by FireBeyond » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 8:51 PM UTC

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The Police Chief lost his job over it. What other consequences would you think appropriate?

Investigations and penalties for everyone up the chain, starting with the frontline officers who were on the ground refusing to issue tickets. If an officer chooses to not do their job over their political beliefs they do not belong on the force.

Post by throaway89 » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

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This is the crux of the issue honestly. Trudeau should have had the humility to read the writing on the wall in the fall, and stepped down so we could have a stable government to deal with the incoming US administration and give his party a fighting chance next election. He could have rested on his laurels knowing history would likely forget his shortcomings & scandals, and be remembered as the prime minister who got…

Here's the primary problem with your argument: the current front-runner to win the next election is the Conservative Party of Canada, with Pierre Poilievre as leader, and pretty much a shoo-in for the next Prime Minister. Poilievre is a career politician who's only professional experience has been as a politician, has no work history to speak of (don't take my word for it, his wikipedia entry details only a job as a…

Post by s1artibartfast » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

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I'm having trouble learning anything from this stream of disconnected, time-sorted tweetlike objects. I'm posting this on the off chance that a better article exists, and someone can point me to it. I assume it's too early for that though.

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Post by brianbest101 » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 8:54 PM UTC

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Canadian here. It's certainly not normal. News broke yesterday that this was coming. The opposition kept tabling no confidence votes and trying to get an early election called... and Trudeau's approval rating is so low that it might even be the lowest of any Prime Minister in history (though I don't know so if someone does by all means fact check that). However, our upcoming election is this year. It certainly does n…

What does "prorogued" do here? Does it prevent a no-confidence vote? And, what would a no-confidence vote do?

Post by throaway89 » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 8:56 PM UTC

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Not being a part of the states is our national identity. It’s just very fringe minority who dabbles with the idea of joining the USA.

I think the Overton window has become much easier to slide around with social media influence campaigns. If someone powerful wants something -- even if it's against everyone else's interests -- it's now much easier for them to drum up popular support for it through underhanded tactics. Remember that Brexit started as a joke.