The leaders of the opposition parties in the House of Commons were quick to get into election mode on Monday after Justin Trudeau announced his upcoming resignation as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
The leader of the official opposition, Pierre Poilievre, began his message on X with this sentence: Nothing has changed.
The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) says that all Liberal MPs and leadership candidates supported EVERYTHING Trudeau did for nine years
.
According to Mr. Poilievre, the Liberal clan is now trying to mislead voters by [proposant¼ un autre visage libéral pour continuer à arnaquer les Canadiens pendant encore quatre ans, tout comme Justin Trudeau
.
Dans une allocution faite devant sa résidence de fonction de Rideau Cottage, lundi matin à Ottawa, Justin Trudeau a annoncé son intention de démissionner de son poste de chef du Parti libéral du Canada (PLC) et de premier ministre, une fois que le parti aura choisi son prochain chef
.
M. Trudeau, dont le premier des trois mandats à la tête du pays s’était amorcé en novembre 2015, a également annoncé qu’il avait obtenu de la gouverneure générale la proprogation du Parlement jusqu’au 24 mars.
La seule façon de réparer ce que les libéraux ont brisé est de tenir des élections afin d’élire des conservateurs de gros bon sens qui ramèneront la promesse du Canada.
Un jugement extrêmement sévère
Pour le chef du Bloc québécois (BQ), Yves-François Blanchet, qui a tenu une conférence de presse moins d’une heure après l’annonce de Justin Trudeau, les Québécois vont porter un jugement sur le bilan du gouvernement libéral en général
. Et j’ai bien peur que ce jugement soit extrêmement sévère
, a-t-il dit.
C’est un gouvernement extraordinairement centralisateur qui empiète systématiquement sur les compétences et les juridictions du Québec et des provinces et qui ignore les demandes non seulement du Québec, mais aussi des [autres] provinces.
Among other arrows fired at Mr. Trudeau’s government, Mr. Blanchet criticized loss of control
in matters of public spending; migration policies harmful to Quebec
; et a stubborn refusal to meet [sic] its obligations towards its allies and partners
in a geopolitical context worrying
.
The leader of the Bloc Québécois said he wanted general elections to be held as quickly as possible
. A vote which should not take long after the resumption of Parliament on March 24, according to him.
The NDP evokes a “betrayal”
For his part, the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Jagmeet Singh, declared that the problem was not resolved
to Justin Trudeau and that liberals didn’t deserve another chance, whoever their leader was
.
For the head of NPDwho held a press conference early in the afternoon, Mr. Trudeau and the Liberals betrayed
the Canadian population: They abandoned you in the face of soaring housing prices
and facing the health care crisis
.
The New Democratic leader further argued that the Liberals had allowed for big companies to put their greed before needs
of the population.
We see very well who he [Pierre Poilievre] will represent: people who are rich.
Mr. Singh, who says he is ready to stop the conservatives
of Pierre Poilievre in the electoral battle that awaits this year, noted that the Conservative leader did not seem to be ready to answer questions from the media on Monday. However, says the New Democratic leader, Mr. Poilievre met with more than 100 corporate lobbyists
for two years and has raised funds from people extremely rich
.
Like a train derailing in slow motion
In a statement released Monday, Green Party leader Elizabeth May said that not only did the announcement of Mr. Trudeau’s departure surprise no one, but that the decline in support for the latter had seemed like to a train derailing in slow motion
since December 16.
It was painful to watch
continued Ms. May, who recalled that in 2011, while the PLC had lost official opposition status following the general election, Justin Trudeau was very hesitant to launch himself into the race for the leadership of his party.
The member for Papineau found himself in a remote corner of the House, sitting near me, the first Green member, and the few remaining elected representatives of the Bloc Québécois, with his four members.
a écrit Elizabeth May.
If anyone understood what it would mean for his children to become prime minister, it was Justin Trudeau, himself the child of a prime minister.
According to Ms. May, Justin Trudeau, who had chosen to become a teacher, had not never been prepared to follow in his father’s footsteps
(Editor’s note: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984).
While saying she was saddened by the broken promises from the liberals
of Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May thanked the latter for the services he provided to his country.
The AFN speaks of meaningful measures
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The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, participated last December in a special assembly of AFN chiefs in Ottawa. On Monday, she welcomed the progress of Justin Trudeau’s government in terms of the rights of indigenous peoples. (Archive photo)
Photo: The Canadian Press / Spencer Colby
The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (APN), Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, reacted in a press release to the announcement of Justin Trudeau’s upcoming departure: During his decade in power, Prime Minister Trudeau took significant steps to address issues of great importance to First Nations.
To this end, Ms. Nepinak cited the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, a fundamental step in aligning Canadian law with the rights and self-determination of First Nations
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But much remains to be done, said the head of theAPN, in terms of children’s services, in particular, where in-depth reform is necessary. Last October, the leaders of Canada’s First Nations rejected a proposed $47.8 billion agreement over 10 years with the federal government, intended to reform the indigenous child welfare system.
