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Canada's Trudeau announces resignation after nearly a decade as prime minister

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Former Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resignation letter is a damning indictment to Justin Trudeau insufferable arrogant pomposity, toe curling virtue signalling.

A pollical empty vessel.

FULL TEXT: Canadian finance minister's resignation letter to PM Trudeau

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/full-text-canadian-finance-ministers-resignation-letter-pm-trudeau-2024-12-16/

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Pathetic..

Bye bye..

LOL

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Trudeau will be remember for his exemplary handling of the pandemic.

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I’m just happy he’s gone, nothing is more important than that.

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He will not be remembered as a 'nation builder'.

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Congratulations Canada. Better late than never. Hopefully this brand of woke leader, of which True Dough was a shining example of low resolution mush, will be a thing of the path. Never again, but Lest we forget!

The flip side and good news is that the pendulum of time is always in swing. The disastrous effects of weak leadership creates a new breed of strong, intelligent and capable people that will rise to the challenge. Looking forward to Poilievre trouncing True Doughs team of narcissistic incompetents and seeing what he can do to steer Canada to safer and sounder shores.

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Damn, thought I had that one. A thing of the past!

Canada rejoices!

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Well, Canada does have bright future ahead of itself. There is positive hope.

https://x.com/ocraziocornpop/status/1876086789913403841?s=46&t=YGWP_lcRZjddiWlx4QxURQ

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Sad to see him go.

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Well, Canada does have bright future ahead of itself. There is positive hope.

Is there any such thing as negative hope?

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Is there any such thing as negative hope?

There is a thing such as negative policies, which leads to disgruntled hope, which leads to negativity.

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“"I don’t easily back down faced with a fight, especially a very important one for our party and the country. But I do this job because the interests of Canadians and the well being of democracy" are "something that I hold dear," said Trudeau, ""

""But I do this job because the interests of Canadians and the well being of democracy""

Well Put Sir, not may leaders hold these values these days, in some nations as we are watching people have to revolt and or result to violence to convince their so called "leaders" that their Time Is Up.

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Democracy is so Precious it is worth dying for.

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The Liberal Party will remain in power.

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Is there any such thing as negative hope?

There is a thing such as negative policies, which leads to disgruntled hope, which leads to negativity.

That’s a long-winded way to say “No, there isn’t.”

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I know that humans are wired to find patterns in things, but in the last week or so, we've had

1) The passing of Jimmy Carter

2) The certification of the election of an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon to the US presidency

3) and now Trudeau resigns, and it seems that his most viable opponent is basically a Trump clone.

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He was very popular in Japan with the ladies. He is probably the only Canadian PM that people in other countries could name in a Pub Quiz. Sad to see him go.

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Trudeau?

Self serving and entitled.

If his ONLY sin was to cause grief to elderly Canadians in sub zero temperatures then he deserves the door to slam hard on his butt as he aimlessly walks out…

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And the prospect of having to deal again with the fotus in the White House was perhaps the last straw?

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bass4funkToday  09:15 am JST

The Liberal Party will remain in power.

I heard that line before….

So you're saying it's not true? You're saying the Liberal party is no longer in power since Trudeau resigned. LOL! You and the truth are a bad mix.

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Ten years too late. But don't let the door hit you on the way out, pretty boy.

A nice bit of justice would be to freeze him out of his bank accounts, like the way he treated the truckers and their supporters.

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So you're saying it's not true? You're saying the Liberal party is no longer in power since Trudeau resigned. LOL!

Please go back and read what I wrote.

You and the truth are a bad mix.

Hey, I’m not Trudeau nor am I the Democrat party in the U.S., both sides lost, there’s your truth and bad, bad mix.

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bass4funkToday  10:06 am JST

So you're saying it's not true? You're saying the Liberal party is no longer in power since Trudeau resigned. LOL!

Please go back and read what I wrote.

You and the truth are a bad mix.

Hey, I’m not Trudeau nor am I the Democrat party in the U.S., both sides lost, there’s your truth and bad, bad mix.

It's the same bogus stuff you wrote yesterday. It's a simple question that you refuse to answer. It's not a line. It's the truth. The Liberal party and the policies Trudeau made as PM will remain regardless of his resignation. So you're celebrating that this policies will remain in effect? LOL! You can't answer a simple question.

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A reasonable man resigns during unreasonable times.

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I’m curious what Trump told him was gonna happen that just drove Justin’s entire soul from his body. lol

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A nice bit of justice would be to freeze him out of his bank accounts, like the way he treated the truckers and their supporters.

Trudeau is a disgusting poseur and hypocrite. The damage he has done to Canada will take many years to repair.

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I’m curious what Trump told him was gonna happen that just drove Justin’s entire soul from his body. lol

"I look forward to working with you", I expect.

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Canada has oil reserves at 4th place in the world and natural gas in 3rd.

Under Trudeau’s reign heating oil doubled in price (2021-2024) in only 3 years.

Cutting heating is not an option in Canada and for those on fixed incomes what was there to do?

Clueless and witless!

Trudeau will be remembered as the ‘don’t do as I do, do as I say’ PM in Canadian history.

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Canada, once one of the world's most promising, prosperous and successful societies, was plunged into several intractable crises during his time as PM. The decline was rapid and astounding. healthcare, cost of living, jobs, housing, etc. etc.

As for prosperity, we've fallen to the same level as Alabama in GDP and living standards terms. Similar to post-Merkel Germany: its GDP per capita PPP is around the same level as America's poorest state: Mississippi. LOL.

The world should have kicked out these globalization, mass-immigration loving neo-libs a while ago. Sadly, the damage has grown to within the structure, like cancer, and it's doubtful whether anything can be fixed within my lifetime.

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It's the same bogus stuff you wrote yesterday.

Facts are now all of a sudden bogus?

It's a simple question that you refuse to answer. It's not a line. It's the truth.

I always answer, don’t go there.

The Liberal party and the policies Trudeau made as PM will remain regardless of his resignation.

For now

So you're celebrating that this policies will remain in effect? LOL! You can't answer a simple question.

Like I said, I care about the man, kinda like when Trump is gone, his policies will remain, but you hate the guy. So I do get it.

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His policies have produced job-killing and economy-killing taxes (in the name of "saving the environment").

His policies have produced massive spikes in violent crime.

His time as PM has seen highly alarming financial mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption.

His policies have enabled a destructive out-of-control "migrant" crisis.

He has responded to people who disagree with him as having "unacceptable views" -- under his rule, Canadians have less free speech and freedom of thought, and Canada became one of the world's worst "COVID prisons."

The guy tried to entirely ban un-COVID-vaxxed people from normal society -- in the name of (his words) "protecting vaccinated people."

What??? How much more idiotic can a guy be? Why did vaccinated people need protecting, if their vaccination was so effective???

I could go on and on, but this will suffice.

I have my issues with Pierre Poilievre, but good heavens, he's going to be light-years better than Blackface Justin. Good riddance to the latter.

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Ten years in office, no felonies, no impeachments, no sexual assault judgements, no bowing to dictators, no hidden classified in his bathroom, no secret Chinese bank accounts, no "they're eating the pets" nonsense...

His legacy will certainly be brighter than some others...

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An evil man cast in the same mold as the now universally hated Tony Blair. Like Blair he ripped the guts out of his nation, maybe even more so than Blair.

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bass4funkToday  11:06 am JST

It's the same bogus stuff you wrote yesterday.

Facts are now all of a sudden bogus?

It's a simple question that you refuse to answer. It's not a line. It's the truth.

I always answer, don’t go there.

The Liberal party and the policies Trudeau made as PM will remain regardless of his resignation.

For now

So you're celebrating that this policies will remain in effect? LOL! You can't answer a simple question.

Like I said, I care about the man, kinda like when Trump is gone, his policies will remain, but you hate the guy. So I do get it.

You replied to the comment that the Liberal party will remain in power with the comment that you've heard that line before meaning you don't believe it to be true.

So I ask for the third time since yesterday, is the comment true or not. A simple yes or no will suffice. Why are you avoiding a simple yes or no question. You don't answer. You usually avoid or don't answer the question at all.

Bringing in Trump is just a poor attempt at distraction. We're talking Trudeau and the Liberal party. But it's clear that it's not the actual Liberal party policies that you care about.

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Ten years in office, no felonies, no impeachments, no sexual assault judgements, no bowing to dictators, no hidden classified in his bathroom, no secret Chinese bank accounts, no "they're eating the pets" nonsense...

And he didn’t have conservatives conspiring trying to take him out, lucky.

His legacy will certainly be brighter than some others...

In Canada, good for them…I guess.

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You replied to the comment that the Liberal party will remain in power with the comment that you've heard that line before meaning you don't believe it to be true. 

So I ask for the third time since yesterday, is the comment true or not. A simple yes or no will suffice. Why are you avoiding a simple yes or no question. You don't answer. You usually avoid or don't answer the question at all. 

I already answered, and again, I’m more concerned about the man than his crappy policies.

Bringing in Trump is just a poor attempt at distraction.

Because it’s relevant? Sorry.

We're talking Trudeau and the Liberal party. But it's clear that it's not the actual Liberal party policies that you care about.

I don’t care about his policies, no, absolutely not. I’m just happy “he” is gone.

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Ten years in office, no felonies, no impeachments, no sexual assault judgements, no bowing to dictators, no hidden classified in his bathroom, no secret Chinese bank accounts, no "they're eating the pets" nonsense...

And he didn’t have conservatives conspiring trying to take him out, lucky.

Well thanks again - another example of the Great MAGA Civil War - conservatives taking out conservatives...

We're going to see a lot more of that after Jan 20th...who will come out the winner, anti-immigrant Bannon or pro-immigrant Musk?

Easy answer - who is the billionaire...money easily wins over issues in MIGA-world...

His legacy will certainly be brighter than some others...

In Canada, good for them…I guess.

Indeed...

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Ten years in office, no felonies, no impeachments, no sexual assault judgements, no bowing to dictators, no hidden classified in his bathroom, no secret Chinese bank accounts, no "they're eating the pets" nonsense...

And he didn’t have conservatives conspiring trying to take him out, lucky.

Of course, you don't mention the many times he wore blackface in his racist life. If it was a conservative that did this, he/she would have been cancelled and forced to resign immediately. But liberals can get away with this because we know how inclusive and tolerant they are.

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Ten years in office, no felonies, no impeachments, no sexual assault judgements, no bowing to dictators, no hidden classified in his bathroom, no secret Chinese bank accounts, no "they're eating the pets" nonsense...

And he didn’t have conservatives conspiring trying to take him out, lucky.

Of course, you don't mention the many times he wore blackface in his racist life. If it was a conservative that did this, he/she would have been cancelled and forced to resign immediately. But liberals can get away with this because we know how inclusive and tolerant they are.

I'll take that over a 34 felony convicted criminal who was impeached twice and owes $345 million for tax evasion and $18 million for sexual assault. Your values may differ...

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Well thanks again - another example of the Great MAGA Civil War - conservatives taking out conservatives...

Establishment should go, MAGA wins

We're going to see a lot more of that after Jan 20th...who will come out the winner, anti-immigrant Bannon or pro-immigrant Musk?

Both

Easy answer - who is the billionaire...money easily wins over issues in MIGA-world...

Both

His legacy will certainly be brighter than some others... 

In Canada, good for them…I guess.

Indeed...

Canadians can do whatever they want in there country.

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Well thanks again - another example of the Great MAGA Civil War - conservatives taking out conservatives...

Establishment should go, MAGA wins

MAGA lost - MIGA (Make Immigrants Great Again) won...Trump confirmed it...

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366524295112

We're going to see a lot more of that after Jan 20th...who will come out the winner, anti-immigrant Bannon or pro-immigrant Musk?

Both

ROFL...so they're both a "contemptible fool" and a "toddler and clinger".... Got it and I agree...

Easy answer - who is the billionaire...money easily wins over issues in MIGA-world...

Both

Tell that to the MAGA voter who lost his tech job to an immigrant...

His legacy will certainly be brighter than some others... 

In Canada, good for them…I guess.

Indeed...

Canadians can do whatever they want in there country.

Indeed...

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bass4funkToday  12:34 pm JST

You replied to the comment that the Liberal party will remain in power with the comment that you've heard that line before meaning you don't believe it to be true. 

So I ask for the third time since yesterday, is the comment true or not. A simple yes or no will suffice. Why are you avoiding a simple yes or no question. You don't answer. You usually avoid or don't answer the question at all. 

I already answered, and again, I’m more concerned about the man than his crappy policies.

Bringing in Trump is just a poor attempt at distraction.

Because it’s relevant? Sorry.

We're talking Trudeau and the Liberal party. But it's clear that it's not the actual Liberal party policies that you care about.

I don’t care about his policies, no, absolutely not. I’m just happy “he” is gone.

You never answered. And you had a chance here to say a simple yes or no.....and....you didn't or couldn't. Making excuses and avoiding ad nauseum.

This is about Trudeau's resignation and the Canadian Liberal party not about Trump and US politics. You couldn't figure that out? How is Trump relevant to this article. So you don't care about the actual liberal political policies. LOL! Hilarious!

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Trump is mentioned in the post. Not off-topic.

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You never answered. And you had a chance here to say a simple yes or no.....and....you didn't or couldn't. Making excuses and avoiding ad nauseum. 

Yeah, I did and you don’t give me anything, you kidding me? lol

This is about Trudeau's resignation and the Canadian Liberal party not about Trump and US politics. You couldn't figure that out? How is Trump relevant to this article.

You don’t like Trump, I don’t like Trudeau, his liberals will stay after he’s gone and so will Trump’s after he’s gone.

So you don't care about the actual liberal political policies. LOL! Hilarious!

I don’t care about Trudeau.

Indeed. Glad you agree with the poster above and called Bass out...you should do it more often...

That goes both ways.

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MAGA lost - MIGA (Make Immigrants Great Again) won...Trump confirmed it...

If they meet the standards, all the more reason not to send your kids to public schools especially if they are woke and failing

ROFL...so they're both a "contemptible fool" and a "toddler and clinger".... Got it and I agree...

That kids should go to private schools? Progress.

Tell that to the MAGA voter who lost his tech job to an immigrant...

They know full well whether they are qualified enough, if they are, all is good.

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