Chaos in the North: Trudeau’s Half-Hearted Resignation

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At this writing, I am patiently waiting for a press conference to begin. A podium in front of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa stands empty in anticipation of an announcement from Canada’s embattled prime minister, Justin Trudeau. I can hear the din of the assembled mainstream parliamentary press journalists who have assembled. As Trudeau emerged from the front door, a few pages of his prepared remarks flew from the lectern.

When he finally emerged and descended the steps, he read a prepared statement. This is what Trudeau had to say:

Every morning I’ve woken up as prime minister. I’ve been inspired by the resilience, the generosity and the determination of Canadians. It is the driving force of every single day I have the privilege of serving in this office. That is why since 2015, I’ve fought for this country, for you to strengthen and grow the middle class. Why we rallied to support each other through the pandemic, to advance reconciliation, to defend free trade on this continent, to stand strong with Ukraine and our democracy, and to fight climate change and get our economy ready for the future. We are at a critical moment in the world.

My friends, as you all know, I’m a fighter. Every bone in my body has always told me to fight because I care deeply about Canadians, I care deeply about this country, and I will always be motivated by what is in the best interests of Canadians. And the fact is, despite best efforts to work through it, Parliament has been paralyzed for months after what has been the longest session of a minority parliament in Canadian history. That’s why this morning I advised the Governor-General that we need a new session of Parliament. She has granted this request and the House will now be prorogued until March 24th.

Over the holidays, I’ve also had a chance to reflect and have had long talks with my family about our future. Throughout the course of my career, any success I have personally achieved has been because of their support and with their encouragement. So last night over dinner, I told my kids about the decision that I’m sharing with you today. I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process. Last night, I asked the president of the Liberal Party to begin that process. This country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me that if I’m having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election.                                                      

The Liberal Party of Canada is an important institution in the history of our great country and democracy. A new prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party will carry its values and ideals into that next election. I’m excited to see the process unfold in the months ahead. We were elected for the third time in 2021 to strengthen the economy post-pandemic and advance Canada’s interests in a complicated world, and that is exactly the job that I and we will continue to do for Canadians.

It is important to note that Trudeau will not officially resign until the liberal party has its internal leadership race. To reiterate, Trudeau said “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process.” The current front runners in such a race are Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney, terrible candidates both. Although the faces will change after a new leader is chosen unfortunately the disastrous Leftist-Globalist program will remain.

Trudeau further claimed in his speech that he never tired of fighting for Canadians, which is patently false. During his prime ministerial tenure, he had a terrible work ethic. He spent a disproportionate amount of time on vacation: “According to publicly available records obtained from itineraries published by the Prime Minister’s official website, Justin Trudeau took 116 days off in 2024.”

On that note, after his supposed resignation, as per his official itinerary for January 9, 2025, Trudeau flew to Washington to attend the funeral of “former President of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter”; he met with “U.S. business leaders”, and conducted an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper at 4:20pm. Those are not the actions of someone who wants to give up power. A busy day for someone who supposedly threw in the towel.

Trudeau also prorogued Parliament until March, which essentially stops all parliamentary business. In Canada, prorogation is defined as follows:

Prorogation of a Parliament, a prerogative act of the Crown taken on the advice of the Prime Minister, results in the termination of a session. It is possible to prorogue a session of Parliament by proclamation when the House is sitting or during an adjournment. Both the House of Commons and the Senate then stand prorogued until the opening of the next session. Parliament meets for a new session in the normal manner on the date set in the proclamation. Parliament is prorogued either by the Governor General (or Deputy of the Governor General) in the Senate Chamber, or by proclamation published in the Canada Gazette. When Parliament stands prorogued to a certain day, a subsequent proclamation (or proclamations) may be issued to advance or defer the date. In the new session, the Government is required to table a document outlining the reasons for the prorogation.

Furthermore, during prorogation, bills that are before the House of Commons and the Senate are terminated:

Prorogation of a session brings to an end all proceedings before Parliament. With certain exceptions, unfinished business “dies” on the Order Paper and must be started anew in a subsequent session.

Bills which have not received Royal Assent before prorogation are “entirely terminated” and, in order to be proceeded with in the new session, must be reintroduced as if they had never existed.

Thankfully, one draconian bill that was being pushed by Trudeau’s Liberal party has died on the Order Paper. Bill C-63 would have enacted the “Online Harms Act” along with a vast government bureaucracy to effectively muzzle internet speech and curtail criticism of the government. Blacklock’s Reporter described it this way:

It marked the second time in four years that cabinet tried and failed to regulate blogs, Facebook posts and other social media deemed hurtful: “The government is close to the end of its mandate and does not have a lot of public support.”

Donald Trump took to Truth Social in order to reiterate his stance on Canada once again:

Many people in Canada LOVE [sic] being the 51st State. The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned. If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE [sic] from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!

When speaking about the Canada-US border in particular, Trump said “Canada and the United States, that would really be something. You get rid of that artificially drawn line, and you take a look at what that looks like and it would also be much better for national security.”

After Trudeau’s meeting with Trump at Mar-A-Lago where he was humiliated by the president-elect, his tenure as prime minister was tenuous at best. Investigative reporter Robert Fife with the Globe and Mail first broke the story that Trudeau was about to announce his resignation; civic nationalist news site True North reported that Trudeau was set to resign; and internet searches for Trudeau’s resignation hit an all-time high according to the independent media outlet The Counter Signal.

Trump does not have to formally annex Canada in order to topple the hated Trudeau government. All he had to do was engage in his characteristic trolling to send the globalist Canadian regime into chaos. The Canadian people will do the rest as the electorate is slated to destroy the Liberals at the ballot box. All he has to do now is wait for Pierre Poilievre to become prime minister and get back to a climate where diplomatic relations on all fronts normalize.