Tuesday February 25, 2025 | NATIONAL NEWS [Posted from VICTORIA, BC]
Political editorial by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Resignations in the wake of Trump taking office and disrupting just about everything are a stark statement to Canadaians and to other political leaders.
Politicians who are otherwise evidently committed to serving their populations have been resigning in the face of having to deal with Trump for four years.
That list of high-profile resignations includes, so far: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, and now today also Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey.
Furey said today that Trump is “cracked” (a way of saying he’s erratic and off-kilter). Furey is going back to his medical career as an orthopedic surgeon.
Canadians should rightly worry:
Canadians should be worried by this resignation trend. We need qualified leaders.
To see these experienced politicians choosing their own well-being over the specter of at least four years of the chaos that Trump actions will bring in this country, is a warning to Canadians — take Trump impacts seriously.
Trudeau’s direction:
And yes, it’s fair to say that the deal breaker for Trudeau to not run in the 2025 election was the four-year Trump forecast.
Island Social Trends stands by our editorial view that Trudeau would have stayed on to run in 2025 and beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. That Trudeau stepped aside from that ‘opportunity’ shows the intensity of angst that Trudeau would have sensed after his visit to Mar-a-Lago at the end of November 2024.
In our view, Trudeau has not abandoned Canada. His departure has, to a point, helped buoy the Liberals’ chances in the upcoming federal election. Internationally he is well respected and will probably find ways to support Canada in ways we’re yet to see (or may never see if he’s as effective as he might be).
Freeland’s role:
The fact that now Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland pulled a fast one on Trudeau with her finance minister resignation letter in December 2024 will probably result in some difficulty with her camaraderie within the Liberal Party during their next phase in the House of Commons.
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