Trudeau Resigns: What Next?

[@TLDRnewsGLOBAL]

UPDATE: On Monday afternoon, Trudeau did indeed resign. As we discussed in this video, he has also stated his intention to prorogue parliament until late March, when the budget is due.

[@coconut7490]

I know you guys read the comments, just put the old intro in the bag man, this new one is so slow and boring.

[@patriciaa4451]

Is it true though?

[@MEHOLE]

I like the new intro. The old one sucked. People just dislike change.

[@justskip4595]

That intro is way too loud.

[@darthkek1953]

You are wrong. Johnson did not prorogue parliament. He said he was, he tried to, he OSTENSIBLY prorogued parliament, but the Supreme Court annulled that decision. Not reversed, not struck down, ANNULLED. That means in law it didn't actually ever happen. Like the "six" wives of Henry VIII, he only had three wives - three marriages were annulled. This does lead to the strange situation where one of his non-wives was executed for adultery despite never having ever been married.

[@doorhinge2039]

Turdy: Resigns in the hope of avoiding a Liberal wipeout. Democrats watching this from the US: "Hey! I've seen this one. This is a classic!" Damn, this blew up. Oh they HATE him, hate him.

[@JollyOldCanuck]

The goal isn't to win at this point, the Liberals are aiming for second place and the role of official opposition as it guarantees them public office spaces and time during question period to heckle the Conservatives. Carney might be able to snatch second place, but Freeland served as Trudeau's lieutenant for almost a decade and is tainted by association.

[@gallusdomesticuskfptechpriest]

Harris got 48% of the vote - Trudeau is on track to get just 16%

[@daltonjanzen3382]

This ain’t even the first time in Canadian history this has happened lmao

[@andrewarnold9818]

​@@daltonjanzen3382True. Ours was our first one tho lol

[@baiwuli6781]

It's Trudeau, not Turdeau, not Turdy, not Crime Minister, but Trudeau.

[@georgekassapis9511]

No leader should be unpopular for this long, and still remain in power.

[@Eltener123]

Macron shifts uneasily in the corner

[@maxweinbach3996]

Then vote, lol

[@MahmudHasan-me]

​@@Eltener123I was about to blame FPTP but your comment reminded me that it can happen in PR system too😂😂

[@georgekassapis9511]

@maxweinbach3996 I've never skipped an election, except for last years European elections

[@maxweinbach3996]

@@georgekassapis9511 So you know how the electoral system works. Not sure why you questioned it.

[@ADadSupreme]

News: _"Prime Minister Trudeau, you've lost your job, your wife, the respect of your party, Canada's and the world's... what are you going to do next?"_ Trudeau: _"I'm going to Disneyworld!"_ ( I miss those ads)

[@guydreamr]

Fit right in with Goofy and the Gang.

[@henryludvor6275]

He should consider MAID since that's what he's effectively told many canadians to do. Utter disgrace. Resignation is not enough, there should be criminal investigations.

[@jeromesicat5555]

He should migrate to India

[@XandateOfHeaven]

The real trick is that people will be very disappointed to find his successor has equally limited options, and less inclination to fix the problems with the Canadian economy. Part of this is the fact the housing crisis is a problem of federal, provincial and especially local housing policy. The federal side of this is monetary policy, but the local side is NIMBY zoning laws and high development fees to artificially lower property taxes. This is the second problem, which is that the voting base of both major parties is disproportionately older home owners, who have a financial interest in keeping home prices high.

[@sm3675]

Demolish the greenbelt.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

@sm3675 You need green corridors instead to prevent jump over development. Also Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver need to just abolish zoning laws.

[@282XVL]

Nothing wrong with home prices being and staying high. The lever that needs to be pulled is actual (as in after tax, take-home) salaries being pulled back up. Even just to pre-dirty-rona purchasing power. This can be accomplished with a mix of monetary, immigration and tax policy in conjunction with regulatory reduction to increase overall productivity and demand for labour (ex. Drill Baby, Drill - both to produce jobs and to produce more corporate/export taxes to replace reduced personal income taxes.)

[@TwistedMarksman]

The housing crisis was 100% created by mass immigration and nothing else.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

About time, he's just so insufferable. Even during his resignation speech he took no blame for himself, instead saying something along the lines of (paraphrasing here) "I can't govern properly when I have to deal with infighting"... Like bro, the infighting is BECAUSE of you! I just hate it when a person shifts blame right to the bitter end. Edit: the true quote is "It has become clear to me that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election" Surface level it may seem like he's taking blame here, but in reality all he's doing is saying "It's not my fault, it's the party's"

[@TheLogg]

go govern canada if you are better than Trudeau?

[@Magmanic]

@TheLogg Hard to argue with this level of reasoning.

[@dlxmarks]

@@Magmanic I wonder if that level of reasoning means he accepts bad quality work in everything he can't do better himself. 😄

[@TheLogg]

@@dlxmarks its mot very nice to assume, i was just asking if OP thinks they could run an actual country.

[@TheLogg]

@@Magmanic theres no reasoning i was just asking a question.

[@Dragnulls]

We got trudeau's resignation before GTA 6 🗣🗣🗣

[@michaelcorreia1377]

Unfortunately, this is something we needed much more than GTA 6

[@aceman0000099]

​@@michaelcorreia1377 unfortunately?

[@TreyMessiah95]

This meme is starting to become unfunny..

[@MustraOrdo]

@@TreyMessiah95 Good thing it ends when the game finally comes out

[@chinchillinDaily]

​@@MustraOrdoWhat in 2106? We'll be dead by then

[@Minecraftgamezer789]

Imagine being pressured to resign by your own party lol 😂

[@val-schaeffer1117]

He was that bad.

[@rad4924]

It's normal in Parliamentary systems. As the old saying goes, your opponents are the MPs sitting on the opposite benches; your enemies are the ones sitting behind you.

[@wpjohn91]

Truss, Boris and May all did

[@agapanthus2024]

Biden: First time?

[@MEHOLE]

It's pretty normal here in the UK, for the Tories at least.

[@gp-1542]

This feels oddly familiar as a American

[@dean_l33]

Another wipe out?

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

You're more alike than you think. Canadians are more American than they are british (don't kill me canadians)

[@timmmahhhh]

​@@JustAnotherAccount8at least you two are more similar in healthcare. As an American I envy that.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

@@timmmahhhh I wish... I'm Australian and while we're *meant* to have free healthcare, the reality is our health sector was on life support BEFORE covid. Now it's well and truly fucked and our government is doing nothing about it.

[@jonashanfland-b9g]

@@timmmahhhhCanadian healthcare got ruined by excessive immigration. Britain doesn’t look much better either. Universal healthcare only works for countries who don’t despise their native population like Denmark or Norway.

[@Pluto.1079]

''Trudeau Resigns: What Next?'' I hope the Nintendo Switch 2

[@condotiere]

'Oh no! Anyways...'

[@starsoffyre]

"Turner failed to turn the tide..." I see what you did there

[@victorsouza9394]

So the one responsible for kickstarting his demise is also the one being ayed as his replacement, how convenient for her

[@zachweyrauch2988]

This isnt even really that strange here. Canada has a severe nepotism issue. Its sort of just acknowledged if not celebrated as is the case in many small towns.

[@coolcreep]

In fairness he was on the ropes long before Freeland's resignation - that was just the nail in the coffin.

[@princechangwook6019]

​@@zachweyrauch2988 nepotism?

[@condotiere]

This will certainly stop when canada joins the union... Nobody, absolutely nobody tell the americans there is oil in canada.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

That's the thing, Freeland was already essentially his anointed successor, which is why the CPC took great pains to include her in their attack ads to preempt it. This was clever, since now the LPC is forced to choose between name recognition and association with an unpopular government.

[@jeromesicat5555]

This is long overdue.

[@UK_Hobbes]

UPDATE: Trudeau Prorogued Parliament until the end of March

[@SylviusTheMad]

For 77 days. The Liberal Party constitution requires a leadership race take no less than 90 days. Trudeau was a math teacher. Surely he noticed this.

[@toggle2565]

they are still finished, canadians do not like parliament prorogued for stupid reason

[@roy6907]

@@UK_Hobbes In typical Trudeau fashion, his resignation is worse for the Liberals than a Vote of No Confidence. Because new elections can’t be held until later now, it means the dying Liberal Party will remain in power for multiple months of Trumps Presidency. And boy, Trump will absolutely tear through a broken Canadian government. All those embarrassments will line up perfectly for a Conservative landslide.

[@InteIlectual_Talks]

I think the problem faced by next Liberal PM would be the exact same problem faced by Sunak. Just like in UK, where people were fed up with 12 years of Tories govt and the disastrous mini budget by Liz Truss, people were not going to vote for Sunak and tories no matter what he did, and everyone knew that the labor will sweep the elections in a landslide. Similarly, people in Canada are fed up with 10 years of liberal govt and disastrous immigration policies by Trudeau, that I almost feel bad for the next PM because at this point, they are going to lose no matter what they do.

[@philberu]

While Justin's father was born in the province of Quebec, he was born in Ottawa and then raised in British Columbia, 2 english speaking provinces. Justin's first language is English but was perfectly fluent in French without an accent... the comparison with previous PMs who butchered it is impressive.

[@samuelbucher5189]

Actually, his father is Fidel Castro.

[@Snp2024]

Probably one of few "conspiracy" theory i believe in ​@@samuelbucher5189

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@samuelbucher5189Fidel survived like 700 asssassination attempts , Trudeau couldn’t even survive as leader of his party

[@supercelllover7695]

@@samuelbucher5189No, Justin Trudeau’s father is himself

[@Je-suis-pauvre]

Old joke ​@@samuelbucher5189

[@paulchristie2118]

I'm astounded at the news agencies who failed to listen to his announcement. He didn't resign, he said he intends to resign "after a Liberal leadership race (or until he announces he thinks he's still the best choice) Or maybe I shouldn't be surprised by sloppy new agency reporting?

[@XandateOfHeaven]

I'm not sure if you know how the Canadian Parliamentary system works, but that is effectively resigning.

[@paulchristie2118]

@XandateOfHeaven I know Trudeau is still effectively the PM

[@XandateOfHeaven]

@@paulchristie2118 Not effectively, he IS the Prime Minister, his resignation is impending.

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

@@XandateOfHeaven "Effectively resigning" should be defined as a new Liberal leader having been sworn in to replace him. All he's given us is a promise to eventually resign, while insisting the process to choose the new leader be a full, robust, and competitive process, i.e. not a quick back-room deal like the ones that ousted Boris Johnson or Liz Truss (or Erin O'Toole). Meanwhile, he has prorogued the House but only until March 24. The Liberal Party constitution calls for a process of three to four months to choose a new leader. Do the math: March 24 is less than 3 months (13 weeks) away. Unless the Liberals decide to streamline the process, they won't have a new leader by March 24, meaning that when the House resumes, Trudeau will still be PM. If he can secure the backing of either the Bloc or the NDP, he could survive the money bill that needs to be passed by March 31 to keep the government running, then prorogue AGAIN to allow the Liberal leadership race to finish. (This scenario was suggested by Warren Kinsella, a longtime Liberal operative, in a video I just saw.) Only then will Trudeau actually have resigned. Even at that point, the Liberals will still be in power and could give the NDP or Bloc sufficient goodies to preclude an election for a while yet.

[@A_Vicious_T-Rex]

@@paulchristie2118 in most jobs you give notice or a resignation letter saying that in the near future, you intend not to be working there. you can flip your desk and walk out, but that's not required. hearing that he resigned, but seeing him at the breakroom watercooler aren't mutually exclusive. "I quit, my last day here will be X - signed, me"

[@chuuu4610]

As a Canadian… Freeland is very unpopular. I’m not sure about this selection if it happens. And while Trudeau is a fairly proficient French speaker compared to say Harper it seems his first language is still English.

[@Gallalad1]

The convention will 100% be abandoned this time. The Liberals are at risk of being decimated in Montreal (I would say Quebec but we all know they’re only getting votes in Montreal and some small parts of QC and Gatineau) so they’re gonna elect a francophone to try and fix this. My thinking is ultimately that’ll fully sever western Canada though and ensure the NDP keeps making gains in Ontario. If trends keep going the liberals may be a thing of the past in the not so distant future

[@XxMusclecarsxX]

Yup they'll need to sit this one out. It's even worse on the provincial level. The Liberals poll at 5% with francophones in Quebec 😂

[@Ajsopranosrubberdux]

PP is gonna be an absolute disaster

[@Gallalad1]

@@Ajsopranosrubberdux I’m not talking about the general election and what the Tories will do, just how the liberals are long term doomed due to short sighted decisions

[@benmacdonald4752]

Something to note is that the liberals only hold a handful of seats west of ontario and so far in the polls the ndp hasn't benefitted from the liberals collapse at all, while the 2 parties have different stances on policies both have fully embraced American style identity politics something canadians have grown very sick of

[@Bluestarr]

People said the liberals were dying in 2011, and then in the next election they won a majority. They aren’t going anywhere

[@gellertbiro8067]

Pls try to add labels to charts as well, I had no idea who the other parties were.

[@kencanning8622]

Dark Blue: Conservatives, Red: Liberals, Light Blue: Bloc Quebecois (single province party, nominally separatist), Orange: NDP (supposedly socialist)

[@Altobrun]

@@kencanning8622 are the NDP still claiming socialism? I thought they had abandoned socialism for social democracy a long time ago

[@stevelapointe180]

@@Altobruncorrect

[@RobertP.Trebor]

​ @Altobrun their meant to be a workers party but over the last decade they've become increasingly invested in Identity politics (on a National level> Provincial parties can be pretty different)

[@luke_cohen1]

Also, the word "Liberal" is being used in the North American context here so think of Trudeau’s party as a bog standard Center Left outfit.

[@xiondFirst]

The bigger issues people don't realize is their local MPs play a big role in the cost of living not just Trudeau.

[@Descriptor413]

This is the real truth. As long as folks keep ignoring local politics for the reality show that is national politics, things will keep getting worse.

[@hayleys-c3u]

@@Descriptor413 So true.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

Don't forget local politics. Local government probably has the most to do with housing cost of any level of government, and people participate in local elections the least. Local elections are probably the most important elections to your personal well-being.

[@sneakykidd6848]

He is not resigning he is planning to resign after next party leader is chosen. He prorogued government and put us in a vulnerable position with the Tariff situation.

[@chinadollfmd]

This would have happened regardless who is the leader. Trump has his own agenda and even the conservative leadership with have issues with Trump.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

That is resigning.

[@Adyen11234]

I'm really curious what you think the Canadian government could have done about tariffs. Please, give some suggestions.

[@Adyen11234]

@@mdf3006 Ya, but that doesn't actually *stop* the tariffs from happening, nor, if I remember correctly, require the government to be in session to do. So not only does my point still stand, it's not really a counter-argument either.

[@florian2442]

Too bad that this is gonna cause Canada to have an absolutely horrible PM for the next at least 4 years, probably 8. And sometime during that everyone is gonna turn on that idiot when they "realize" that he was horrible all along and vote liberal again...... "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" -Professor Farnsworth

[@goldfingershat]

Wow you are so smart and have such an original and unique opinion. I have actually never heard anyone describe Canadian politics that way!

[@iikittyplayz841]

If Chrystia Freeland becomes Leader of the LIberal Party, I hope they don't call on her to resign when the Conservatives inevitably win. I hope they let her lead 2029 elections due to it being an unwinnable situation.

[@doloman77]

Thank GOD

[@algonquin91]

Really well researched and with great archival footage! This is quite impressive for a video about Canada/Canadian politics of non-Canadian origin (they are usually riddled with factual errors and rely on stereotypes and US-comparisons).

[@timr.2257]

MAKE CANADA GREAT AGAIN! 🇨🇦

[@cabbagedestroyer1693]

Just as a clarification, Trudeau said specific "He intends to resign" and "will remain as the prime minister and only step aside when the Liberal party elect a new leader." It is very unlikely for a new leader to come out, not anyone that's wise. Those served under Trudeau will be worse as a leader because they are getting the same blame as Trudeau. While those outside of the parliament can't serve as the prime minister (since they aren't elected officials). It is very likely Trudeau remains as pm until the general election is over.

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

There have been precedents where a Prime Minister lost his own riding but someone else in his party who had won their riding resigned and a quick by-election got the PM elected in that riding. There have also been cases where someone not in Parliament was elected party leader. Again, someone in a safe seat resigned and the party leader then won that seat in a quick by-election and immediately took office as PM. That was the case for Jean Chretien when he won the Liberal Party leadership. (I believe the MP who stood aside for him was Romeo Leblanc in New Brunswick.) Mark Carney or Christie Clarke could do the same thing if they were elected the new Liberal leader.

[@cabbagedestroyer1693]

@Frank-Lee-Speeking they can't have a byelection while the parliament is shut down. And they can't have a byelection during the general election... If Trudeau resumes the parliament, there will be a non-confidence vote and will trigger the general election right away. That's the big difference.

[@calvinware7957]

Centrists will cling on until way too late bc they think they will get rewarded for "playing the game correctly" when they dont.

[@kimdavies9460]

He didn't resign. He implies he will when there's a new Liberal leader

[@Dioe]

I like the new intro, keep up the good work TLDR

[@nikhilkhatana3448]

A good riddance

[@thunderjay6300]

Small suggestion: I like the intro music, but I think it should fade out by the time the news story begins. I find the way it overlaps with the narrators' voices a bit distracting.

[@BornKafir]

Canadians are generally very happy he's finally being forced out. He did some good, but the scandals and tone deaf policies overshadow the good.

[@cdb5001]

He did nothing good. Legalized weed, that's it. He'll be remembered as the narcissist weed PM who decimated the country.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

That's a pretty fair assessment of his legacy.

[@Adyen11234]

Let's be real - if he followed through with those campaigned reforms on the Canadian political system, we wouldn't be here right now. That's really the main thing he could have controlled directly and dint follow through.

[@BornKafir]

@@Adyen11234 I really wanted to see election reform as well. It's so dumb how they claimed the proposal was dropped because the parties wouldn't agree and what the opposition demands will allow Fringe elements to get into the parliament. Fear mongering this "far right" instead of properly doing his job from the start. In the end, about to hand a majority to a con-grifter populist. He was not a very democratic and honorable man. It's the system that kept some checks on him. He still made sure WeCharity funnels money to his family, Aga Khan gets to run his cult without hindrance from the authorities and much more.

[@jahdpianist]

Speaking of, Russia and China are against the US annexing Greenland (Nevermind Canada). Acquiring Greenland means more access to the Arctic Circle (which Russia and China--who is almost a thousand miles from the arctic circle btw!--are already working on securing this region. This region is key to potential new trade routes.

[@nickfarhanipour1035]

Talk about australian politics next please

[@UnderscoreUnderscoreUnderscore]

Yes please, Albo and Dutton are at coin flip odds right noq.

[@mathewpt4478]

Oh albo is getting kicked out so badly 2025 is gonna Be soo Bad for leftists 😂😂

[@Ajsopranosrubberdux]

@@mathewpt4478if it’s bad for the left, it’s bad for everyone besides the ultra wealthy. The right had AUS uk and America for a long time and they butchered it. A decade of Conservative rule in Australia saw us go backwards in basically every conceivable metric same as 15 years of the Conservatives in the UK. The right cannot govern.

[@stellacollector]

What Next? Well, obviously now it's Starmer's turn.

[@Yanousecq]

Watching question periods with Bloc Québécois as the official opposition making 100% of questions in French and only about Québec issues will be hilarious :D

[@林晉銳]

It happened before

[@scottwebb4722]

Anyone on Parliament hill has to be bilingual. Besides, with a name like Poilievre he should have no problem answering in French

[@FullOfMalarky]

You’ll have the translator people speaking over them. But yeah, Yves François Blanchet is a master class of a politician. Should be spicy.

[@Steadyaim101]

@@scottwebb4722 Yes. But there are 10 provinces and 3 territories. The entire question period dedicated to the concerns of 1 province will seem a little........ biased.

[@yungbenzo5]

The bloc has been opposition before and when they were they asked questions in both English and French

[@traftonkoenig2913]

I'm not sure about using British and French flags to describe a Canadian's first language. Wee bit colonial. They are all Canadians.

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

We don't really have a standard symbol for "English-speaking Canadian". (A fleur-de-lis is fairly standard for a French-speaking Canadian although that is a symbol of Quebec and we have French-speakers in other parts of the country, especially New Brunswick and northern Ontario, as well as smaller pockets elsewhere.) We really should find - or make - proper symbols for "French-speaking Canadian" and especially "English-speaking Canadian"....

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

Fact check: Trudeau said he will resign but it does not mean that he will actually resign.

[@zachweyrauch2988]

He did later yesterday afternoon.

[@cubing6637]

@@zachweyrauch2988yeah but he intend to resign after a leader is chosen so hes going to resign in the end of march and we will probably get an election in april

[@kimdavies9460]

No he didn't. He's implied he will when/if a new leader is chosen. ​@zachweyrauch2988

[@heretic_]

@@zachweyrauch2988 dont believe it until I see it he could create a crisis and put everyone in lockdown again for no reasons

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

His own party has wanted him to step down for like a year now and when the NDP stated that they would no longer support Trudeau's minority government, that was it for him.

[@Enderkilgannon]

Google Forms link for Nebula users not there, i don't mind jumping to the youtube to help but just wanted to toss that out there. Great work per usual

[@baiwuli6781]

6:23 Liberal being less popular than Bloc, LOL.

[@fernbedek6302]

No, them and the NDP are still both significantly more popular than the Bloc, but the Bloc's support is all in one province which makes it easier for them to win seats.

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

I've seen predictions that the Liberals will finish the next election with 9 seats or even 6 which would put them at barely above the Greens, which have only TWO seats.

[@tacitus6384]

Canada can start to heal.

[@toxicsniper79]

Not for long, as Canada is likely going to get someone even worse. Trudeau sucked, but Poilievre is a far worse guy than him.

[@noterrormanagement]

Don't count your chickens

[@globalhikingcr]

You’re naive …

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

Healing can't begin until the Liberal Party has been put back on the Opposition benches (or, ideally, voted entirely out of Parliament). Today's Liberal Party with Freeland or Carney or whoever as leader will be no better than today's Liberal Party led by Trudeau.

[@jordanroyer5702]

I don’t know what that French/English trade off thing was. Don’t think that’s real.

[@Sam-d8o6q]

A desperate attempt by Trudeau to not being booted out in the next parliamentary session and also hoping the future liberal elected leader will stand a better chance. Honestly, the general population is done with the Liberals-NDP. It’s very much going to be conservatives in the next election.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

And boy will they be disappointed when basically nothing changes.

[@holdenchute7883]

This is a victory for the world

[@Theotheralt2]

I'm no fan of Trudeau... still pissed off he broke his promise 2015 would be the last First Past the Post election. That was the first (and last) time I trusted the Liberal Party with my vote.

[@glgl7676]

Liberals and Conservatives will never get rid of FPTP cuz it has given them power in the past. They fear any replacement actually. To have believed Trudeau on this one, well… only NDP and PQ will bring any real reform, everyone else is giving you just lip service to get your vote.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

I feel the same way. This the problem, every party gets their majority with 35% of the vote, and suddenly there is no incentive for reform. The conservatives wrongly believe they would never be elected again, and the liberals wrongly believed that they benefitted from such a system long term.

[@Theotheralt2]

@XandateOfHeaven Yup... And here i am, stuck in a stronghold riding that has never once gone to a different party where my vote remains worthless (Thanks Trudeau!!)

[@THE-TRUE-Doi]

How did I (A Canadian) hear this from an American friend before my own country.

[@kommisar_chiptune]

I live near Dominic LeBlanc, being a LeBlanc myself, I could not see him as prime minister personally

[@treecrusher]

Same thing happened in New Zealand. Jacinda Ardern basically can’t show he face in public in New Zealand anymore because of how much she is disliked by the majority of people here. Doesn’t stop her still pretending she is loved in NZ while she parades around the world, but can’t show her face here.

[@andrezdaz5696]

We'll miss you, Trudeu! Truly one of the greats.

[@THEdelkaimek]

??????

[@Punker85_YouTube]

As a Canadian, this is a very good video

[@ningurp281]

Please change the INTRO 😭

[@MakeHousingAffordableAgain]

Inflation really be the killer for any government.

[@georgebashour4333]

We got both Assad and Trudeau falls before GTA 6

[@whaddyamean99]

I genuinely expected him to hold on to power until the last moment, I didn't expect him to actually resign

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

Ditto. That's why I join others in being suspicious that this is really the end of his leadership and not just some twisted ploy to win back the support of his party and continue as leader. He really truly believes he is the best possible leader of the party and Canada's only hope.

[@johnkanuck4492]

Good, cogent explanation and awesome graphics!

[@meganfraser5358]

He said in the same announcement that he was proroguing parliament until march 24th- so there can be no confidence vote put forward until at least the end of march,

[@jamesjhk69]

With a budget due mere days later…I wonder what their plan is here. I doubt the NDP support the Liberals with an election so close.

[@MachineDog90]

Canadian here, he more then likely will prorogue parliament for the leadership elections, bring it in for a budget, then call an election

[@Stumblebumbleumble]

Canadian here. This "prediction" happened yesterday and Trudeau is not exactly calling the shots of when the election is happening.

[@MachineDog90]

@Stumblebumbleumble In the end, we can only watch and see, but that more than likely what their party wants

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

Warren Kinsella speculated today that the leadership race to replace Trudeau won't have finished before March 24 so Trudeau will still be PM when they try to pass that money bill (it's NOT a budget). Kinsella thinks Trudeau will offer either the NDP or Bloc some goody or another to get them to support the money bill so the government is NOT defeated and will then prorogue Parliament AGAIN! The second prorogation could then continue until the Liberals had their new leader. But even at that point, the Liberals under their new leader could continue to buy NDP or Bloc support until they hit the deadline for the election. We'll probably be rid of Trudeau by late spring but we might not be rid of the Liberal government for a while yet.... What a HORRIBLE year this could be!

[@jeremyc2957]

Prorouging parliament until the end of March while facing a national economic crisis is such a Trudeau move. He's picking party over country yet again. Let's not forget that the only reason the Liberals are rushing now to elect a new leader now is because Trudeau refused to step down months ago when his party was already quietly calling for it. Canadians have been making their choice clear for years now. We don't want a new liberal prime minister. We want a new government.

[@lyndalepowell1225]

Claim your tredeau pack 🚬

[@DrTedEsq]

Oooooh... my TLDR friends.... Angus Reid is not a trustworthy polling source. They are hardcore Conservative supporters.

[@nocturnalforsaken4519]

he is not resign yet. he is planning do it and while froze parlement so they cant oust him. what a click bait title

[@lachlanchester8142]

Are you slow? He announced his resignation yesterday

[@livephysiology]

It's interesting to see the role the prorogation played as if it were a legal mechanism giving the prime minister the power to "pull a Nixon" meaning not allowing parliament to have no-confidence vote and the prime minister resigning instead. This way, he can always say he resigned, not that he was removed from office.

[@scottmitchell8273]

Mass imagration from third world countries i.e india ,pakistan china ect will always bring down ,not only the parliment but also the country.

[@cald1421]

It won’t be freeland. The one holding the knife never gets the throne.

[@jgagnier]

Canadian liberal here. Trudeau brought the Liberal Party back from oblivion 9 years ago. A charismatic figurehead, but one I couldn’t fully get behind. I don’t think he’s been a historically great PM, and while his surface-level DEI agenda never sat right with my own center-left ideas, it’s nowhere as bad as the American media make it seem. Furthermore, I can’t see a world in which Pierre Poilievre will be a better PM than Trudeau was. I am of two minds about Liberal prospects. On one hand, I was hoping that Trudeau would stay along to get a clean loss, offering the Liberals a blank slate, and not burning a leadership candidate in the process. On the other, we never know what might happen during a leadership campaign, and an electoral one right on its heels. I’m holding on to the hope that Canadians will have second thoughts about the prospect of a Poilievre government, against my better judgement.

[@_Devil]

Now would be a great time for Quebec to eye independence again lol

[@mozteq7536]

I think you can use Québec's flag rather than France's flag for speaking about francophone people. They fight so much for French language that nobody will get mad.

[@Inescapeium]

Trudeau was so unpopular that even his own party didn't want him anymore 💀💀

[@WilliamScott-ge4oh]

It's too little too late. If Trudeau had done this a year or two earlier, maybe it could've turned the tide for the party. Poilievre has had time to build up insurmountable momentum, and Trudeau's resignation will do nothing to stop that. The fact that he's proroguing parliament, and that his party has to scramble so quickly to find a new leader will further sink any tiny chance this plan had of working. It feels more like a move for him to save face rather than a move to help his party.

[@AussieInDistortedworld]

New intro?

[@Tragedyflow]

This is not enough. Trudeau needs to be hold accountable for all damages he caused to Canada and it's people!!

[@moosejawrobinson]

I live in Freeland’s constituency (so do most of our kith and kin) and there’s no way she’ll win. She’s lazy (her staff never respond to constituent e-mails), does more work for the Ukraine than her constituents and talks down to those who disagree w/her. Also, her grandfather Michael Chomiak (look him up) edited a pro-Nazi paper in occupied Poland during the War. Worse yet, her grandfather lived in an apartment that the Nazis confiscated from a Jewish family. Like her family, Chrystia is devoid of honour and her constituents see right through her.

[@kb9512]

The new intro is very nice.

[@josuaerick9670]

Must be suck being a liberal in 2025 😂 they keep on taking the L

[@DocBroz]

6:26 @TLDRnewsGlobal What's up with the Union Jack and Tricolore? As a Canadian, this graphic strikes me as completely bizarre...

[@Greenpoloboy3]

I felt for Trudeau as he always when on camera looked like the guy trying to be nice to everyone and begin a conversation but got nothing back from anyone. They'd walk away from him, not talk, or just made excuses to get away from, leaving him on his own looking awkward

[@cdb5001]

You are naive and simple minded if you feel bad for this scumbag.

[@trotzkii]

5:08 Wilfrid Laurier is spelt incorrectly. Horrendously so.

[@Colombiandawg09]

I wouldn't trust Angus too much as they tend to bend more conservative. However, regardless, its about time Trudeau resigned. With the several scandals, standard of living falling, over spending and broken promises, he needed to resign.

[@christophereyton342]

Agreed. NANOS research just came out with a new survey today, Liberals at 23% and that was taken Jan 2nd, prior to Trudeau resignation. Pierre Polievre is not a likeable human and has been terrified the Liberals would replace Trudeau.

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

@@christophereyton342 Most Canadians are a lot MORE terrified that the Liberals will have destroyed the whole country beyond repair by the time we finally get an election.

[@VaradMahashabde]

"538 Canada (yes we know it's 543 now)" is the funniest thing ever

[@eliahabib5111]

Any time tldr says we need to do our democratic "duty" and vote in an online survey, I'll down vote the video for misuse of the word duty! (If I hear it)

[@that_odd_guy]

WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE PRESIDENCY WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@maxencelavigne5406]

Trudeau isn't exactly a francophone. He speaks pretty good french but with a noticeable English accent.

[@Aeielon]

We don’t care why he is resigning, we are just happy he’s resigning

[@calmerkletsoor3797]

Good riddance

[@Skelang]

Let the wave of centrism begin!

[@Swordfish42]

How are you feeling, Canada?

[@Internet_Canuck]

Glad he’s gone. But I really want a fucking election already.

[@AjaxFerrariLeafs]

He needed to go, he alienated everybody. He and the party couldn't read the room, people are angry even though things aren't that bad. But if people think that Pierre is going to be the answer they better think again. He's good hitting that spot where people can be angry, but he hasn't laid out a plan.

[@matthewmiksza5855]

We need an election. We need the Liberals out, Trump is gunna put tariffs on and thousands will lose jobs because why would Trump work with Trudeau who he hates and also has no mandate to govern lol

[@zachweyrauch2988]

Tired of all the apathetic Trump north fans who cant tell sheep$#&^ from cherry pits.... otherwise the same as about 6 years ago when Trudeau clearly wasn't gonna do election reform. Not so bad overall.

[@de_Voux]

​@@matthewmiksza5855 lol, someone expects Trump to do the things he promised, lol. Dude, are you, like, 99 years old or what?

[@CC-vf4ey]

In 2 months, you'll need a new intro with his temporary replacement, and by May, another one with Pierre Poilievre 😁

[@ArmyJames]

He hasn’t resigned. He only announced his “intention” to resign. Another misdirection.

[@ryanasksaround]

Lol no he is definitely out

[@slacker2016]

Read the pinned comment

[@ArmyJames]

@@ryanasksaround Wrong.

[@ces557]

Weasel did NOT say ‘RESIGN’ He said It is my ‘INTENTION’ to resign very different

[@SomeoneRandom-d2f]

Trudeau after resigning: There are credible allegations suggesting the involvement of foreign government agents in my resignation.

[@guydreamr]

Assisted, no doubt, by Elvis and the Easter Bunny.

[@stevejohnson3357]

There is also some talk about former BC premier Christy Clark who is, if nothing else, a great campaigner. And, in fact, not a lot else.

[@gameragodzilla]

Trump actually trolled a man out of office. lmao

[@XandateOfHeaven]

Trump has very little to do with it, this was an internal fight.

[@legtendgav556]

​@@XandateOfHeaven Yes, an internal fight spurred by pressure from...

[@XandateOfHeaven]

@@legtendgav556 No this was largely over a tax refund that was basically an election bribe

[@willfilipski2470]

@@legtendgav556 His long-standing unpopularity? The video literally shows that his approval has been negative since 2021, long before Trump.

[@lordcirrhosisofliver]

@@legtendgav556 ...things trudeau did before the us elections, which is why he has been massively unpopular for years. there you go, I completed your sentence for you. no thanks necessary

[@sunandabhassin1361]

Starmer is next

[@fernbedek6302]

Let's hope the Liberals tear themselves apart with leadership race infighting and the majority of their base stop voting 'tactically' for them, vote NDP, and realise there's enough left wing people to secure an NDP government if they just actually vote for the NDP.

[@MrOvipare]

Would be nice if Singh resigns too, he’s clearly not going to attract more voters the next election. It would be nice if next government is not Conservative…

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

The Liberals should merge with the NDP, rename the result The Marxist Party, and finally function honestly for the first time ever. As for voting for them, I hope they get just as many votes as the two Communist parties we already have, essentially zero.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I guess Poilievre might become PM afterall

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

5:07 Justin Trudeau is francophone?

[@aceman0000099]

His surname is French. He went to french school, but of course the main language of Canada is English so you'll rarely hear him speak it

[@Liv1nMohawk]

Yes

[@DanielGalimidi]

More bilingual, but yes. His father and former Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, was born in Quebec's Montreal. Trudeau counts as French Canadian.

[@slypear]

Mais oui.

[@timmmahhhh]

I thought being bilingual in English and French was a requirement for a Federal Canadian politician.

[@thematthew761]

He had skated out of trouble a million times but he couldn’t get outta this one

[@8BitNaptime]

Popsicle Pete will be worse