Justin Trudeau Resigns

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Well, this is a surprise (to me) - I don't keep on top of Canadian media these days, as I find it a monoculture, so all I knew was that Trudeau was very unpopular but had no idea that there was a possibility he'd be resigning ahead of the election.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyjmy7vl64t

Another article on the resignation

https://news.sky.com/story/canadas-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-resigns-13284474

Reuters article about the resignation

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-pm-trudeau-announce-intention-step-down-cbc-news-reports-2025-01-06/

Canadian press coverage of the resignation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-news-conference-1.7423680

Good. There is hope for Canada.

Does it? 🤞
I don’t follow Canadian politics, so I’d love to read a more informed opinion. I wasn’t aware of political differences re GI - are there? Is there a chance Canadian women will get (some of) their rights back??

Glad to hear he's gone, interested to see what happens now. Fuckity bye Justin.

Maybe we’ll see a shift on some of the extreme stuff

Which would be good

One of the most hated men in politics and rightly so.

Apparently the former Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, is a contender for new leader of the Liberals. One has to wonder, though, if a new leader would reverse some of crazy measures implemented by Trudeau, or would it simply be a matter of more appealing window dressing ahead of the upcoming election?

Apparently the former Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, is a contender for new leader of the Liberals.

He's Canadian?

Yes, I heard quite a few interviews with him on the radio when he headed up the Bank of England.

Thanks, this info passed me by!

I am very glad he is gone. However, too late as the damage he inflicted to Canada and its citizens may be hard to shake.

One of Shauny Boy's funny little videos about the Scottish Greens ( but which references Justin Trudeau) 😆

What rights do Canadian women not have under the most liberal prime minister in history

He would be awesome. Love Mark Carney(and by all accounts the BoE was very well run and managed during his time!).

What rights do Canadian women not have under the most liberal prime minister in history

Sex based ones.

Dignity - and the protection of single sex spaces and services?

Yes. So was Cambell-Bannerman, who was PM in the 1920s. You do not have to be a British citizen to lead the Bank of England (or be PM, but must be a Commonwealth Citizen or Irish, I think).

Being able to suggest to your gender confused child that perhaps they don't need puberty blockers, wrong sex hormones and surgery without the risk that you're committing a crime.

I need to be a bit careful here of what I say, don't want to 'out' myself too much, but if it is Mark Carney to replace him then I don't think he will be much better than Justin tbh. Someone I know distantly (Canadian) is v v friendly with Mark Carney. In a work and personal capacity. This person had a conversation with someone related to me (who is closer to them) and they expressed their disgust at JKR. Now, my relation pushed back on this and said JKR was defending women's rights etc etc (I was not party to this conversation but my relative told me about it a few weeks later). Anyway, this didn't go down well with the Canadian and they changed the subject. My feeling is if they are like that, then Mark Carney will be the same (as they are good friends).

Both extremely rich people with no clear idea of the vulnerable women and children directly impacted by this ideology (they'll never need to use public toilets, changing rooms, will never be in prison and will hopefully not need to use refuge or domestic abuse/rape crisis centres. And even if they did it would be privately funded one on one therapy as they are so rich).

This person my relative knows lives in a v v posh area of Canada. Big stunning house. It's insane. They all live in a rich bubble. Think Hollywood style, but business people, CEOs etc rather than actors. Nothing will change for Canada with these people in charge.

Not necessarily. I have friends that don't agree with me on this and other hot button issues. We mostly don't talk about them! There's no reason to believe a middle aged man is a trans rights activist unless he's said something.

2SLGBTQI+ is an official Canadian government term:
The Government of Canada adopted the acronym 2SLGBTQI+ to refer to Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people and those who use other terms related to gender and sexual diversity.
Facts, stats and impact: 2SLGBTQI+ communities - Canada.ca

As somebody pointed out at the time - is 2SLGBTQI+ an acronym or a WiFi password?

Also, I think going down the same route as Trudeau isn't likely to be a winning political strategy in the current year.

Mark Carney is a practising Catholic as far as I'm aware. You'd think/hope that might inform his views of protections for women and girls, and for families caught up in the madness.