Justin Trudeau will take the holiday season to think about his political future while the opposition parties have already promised that they will bring down his government as soon as they can when work resumes at the end of January.
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The Prime Minister broke his silence after a first meeting of his new reshuffled cabinet which includes eight new faces (see other text), but without answering questions concerning his future. Little-known new ministers who, moreover, probably won't last long.
However, two newly appointed ministers have made it clear that nothing is clear in Justin Trudeau's head after the resounding departure of his right-hand man for years, Chrystia Freeland, on Monday.
Trudeau must “think about his business”
“Mr. Trudeau asked for time to, as we say in good French, think about his business. And there you have it. I think he deserves some time to think about his business. That’s what he explained, but now I’m behind him,” declared the new Minister of Public Safety, David McGuinty.
The latter is of the opinion that “Mr. Trudeau can remain” in power. However, perhaps unconsciously, Mr. McGuinty spoke of Justin Trudeau in the past tense as “a man who contributed enormously to Canada”.
His colleague Rachel Bendayan, appointed to Official Languages, explained that politics is a matter of “often very difficult” choices.
“I think the prime minister was pretty clear with all of us as a caucus that he had a difficult choice to make and a choice that is before him right now.”
According to sources from Globe & MailJustin Trudeau would have considered withdrawing on Monday, but those close to him would have suggested that he take some time to breathe before deciding.
The NDP joins the going away party
After being criticized for his lack of clarity, the leader of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh, finally joined the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois: his party will support a motion of censure as soon as possible to bring down the government.
“No matter who leads the Liberal Party, this government's time is up. We will present a clear motion of censure at the next sitting of the House of Commons. I asked Justin Trudeau to resign, and he should do so,” Mr. Singh said in a statement.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is in the biggest hurry of all: he wrote a letter to the Governor General asking her to recall Parliament next week in order to bring down the Liberals as soon as possible.
“If we have a vote of confidence, a vote of censure in the House of Commons, in the days to come, we can have a Prime Minister with a real mandate for the end of January,” declared Mr. Poilievre at a press briefing. Friday.
In theory, Justin Trudeau could save himself from a confidence vote by proroguing Parliament. This is necessarily a temporary solution, since elections must take place no later than October.
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