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It will be a surprise if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t soon resign, something he should have done months ago.
Trudeau long ago lost the confidence of Canadians, and now lacks the support of top cabinet officers who have quit, as well as much of his own caucus.
There are several able potential successors to Trudeau in a Liberal leadership campaign that can’t begin soon enough.
They include Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister whose stunning resignation on Monday brought matters to a head.
Chrystia Freeland has long been the keystone of the Trudeau government. Remove her as finance minister and deputy PM and what remains of the dilapidated Trudeau government crumbles.
Freeland, far more than Trudeau, commands the respect — and in the case of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, the affection — of the premiers, the Liberal caucus, the business community, international leaders and the non-profit sector.
Freeland shepherded Canada through the economic crisis of the pandemic, and financed the feds’ national daycare, pharmacare and denticare programs. She is a gifted diplomat who worked to make those initiatives consensual among the premiers.
On Friday, Trudeau tried to demote Freeland. She wisely chose instead to quit a madhouse government altogether, though she is keeping her Toronto seat in Parliament, a hopeful sign that she might contest the Liberal leadership.
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