Departure of Justin Trudeau: grateful relief in the Atlantic

Between gratitude and relief, the political class in the Atlantic provinces reacted Monday to the announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Canadian Prime Minister announced Monday in Ottawa that he would resign from his post after the selection of a new Liberal leader. Meanwhile, Parliament is prorogued until March 24.

Acadian federal MP from New Brunswick and President of the Treasury Board, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, thanks Justin Trudeau for the exceptional services he rendered to our party and our country.

His leadership and compassion have helped Canadians overcome many obstacles – including a historic global pandemic – and improved the lives of millions of people in our great countrywrites the elected representative of the region of Moncton on his account Facebook.

Ginette Petitpas Taylor also thanks Justin Trudeau for trust and support which he granted him. It was a singular honor to serve under his direction and leadershipadds the one who since 2015 has been in turn Minister of Health, Official Languages ​​and Veterans Affairs, in particular.

Decision admirablethis Susan Holt

New Brunswick Premier believes Justin Trudeau is making the decision admirable to leave in order to reduce political tension in Canada. If Justin Trudeau was the man of change the country needed in 2015, that is not necessarily the case in 2025, says Susan Holt.

We need something different. There are people who were waiting for this decision. Now we can move in a new directionshe said.

We want to see people in Ottawa who will continue to collaborate with New Brunswick. We have a lot of projects to [faire] move forward in the coming months. And we want to see stability in the negotiations with the United States.

Susan Holt says she felt Justin Trudeau’s emotion when he announced his intention to resign. I imagine it was a difficult decision to makeshe confides. It was clear when he spoke about his family and […] his children that it was a job that was close to his heart. And that’s what we want. We want a Prime Minister who will put all his heart into representing our country.

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In Newfoundland and Labrador, Prime Minister Andrew Furey made a very cautious statement on Monday on the sidelines of an extraordinary debate in the House of Assembly on the future of the Churchill Falls hydroelectric power station. [Justin Trudeau] has earned the right to make his own decision and I hope he feels comfortable in the decision he chose to makehe said.

With information from Jacques Poitras, CBC

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