The political year gets off to a flying start with the resignation of Justin Trudeau. And as the song says, “And it’s not over, it’s just the beginning”, 2025 will keep us busy!
Here is a menu specially concocted to whet your appetite.
Entree: A trio of leadership races to tickle your taste buds
• Au PLC: who will win the marathon to succeed Trudeau? Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Mélanie Joly or Dominic LeBlanc? They will have to play a complex role: distant enough from Trudeau so as not to carry his burden, but not too much so as not to insult the liberal brand.
• To the PLQ: Denis Coderre, Charles Milliard, Fred Beauchemin, Pablo Rodriguez and perhaps even François-Philippe Champagne will embark on a race where the knives risk flying low.
• At Projet Montréal: a party in financial health with many activists, the dream of every budding politician who dreams of transforming the metropolitan highway into a huge cycle path. Popcorn, please.
Main course: the epicenter of the political year
• Federal general elections: Will Pierre Poilievre obtain his famous “supermajority”? And above all, in what state will the liberals enter this arena? Riddled with attacks or united by miracle? A spectacle worthy of WWE.
• Municipal elections in Quebec: Will Bruno Marchand be able to resist a potential return of Sam Hamad, the “troublemaker” version? Bets are on.
• By-elections: in Terrebonne, can the PQ transform its voting intentions into victory? But above all, in Arthabaska, who from the CAQ or the PQ will play the better part? Suspense guaranteed.
Dessert: a bittersweet bite
• Provincial deficit: a capital gains tax harmonized in Ottawa could help save Quebec’s public finances, capped at a troublesome deficit of 11 billion. But if this project fails, expect Cirque du Soleil-style accounting gymnastics.
Enjoy your food! And above all, hold on: 2025 promises to be a year well served… provided you digest the hot dishes without too much political burn.
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