Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure from the ruling Liberal Party to resign.

 No-confidence motion likely in Parliament, Trudeau government severely criticized after resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Housing Minister

Wednesday 18 December 2024

Washington (Point News Today - 18 December 2024) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing increasing pressure from his own party, the Liberal Party, to step down. The pressure on him has increased after the resignation of Chrystia Freeland, his key ally in the Liberal Party and long-time Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister in the government. Justin Trudeau has been the Prime Minister of Canada since November 2015. Due to his popularity in three elections held in the past decade, the Liberal Party has been forming governments in Canada.

According to the American broadcaster, Trudeau's popularity has declined in Canada in the past few years due to several issues, including rising inflation. There is no mechanism in Canada's Liberal Party that could remove Justin Trudeau from power for a while. He would have to resign to leave the government or his party would have to pass a no-confidence motion against him in Parliament.

If the no-confidence motion is passed by Parliament, it could pave the way for early elections in the country. There are also comments that if early elections are held in Canada, it could benefit the opposition party, the Conservative Party. Elections are held every four years in Canada, and the next elections are scheduled for October 2025 or earlier. Trudeau first came to power in the 2015 election when the Liberal Party, under his leadership, won 184 out of 338 seats in parliament and formed the government. The Liberal Party had won 148 seats more than in the previous election.

In the 2019 election, his seats were reduced to 157, while in the 2021 election, the number of seats was 160. During this time, the Prime Ministership remained with Justin Trudeau. Now, if the no-confidence motion against him in Parliament fails, he can remain Prime Minister until the election next year. However, the chances of this possible motion failing are slim because many important leaders of his party are urging him to step down. Several Liberal Party leaders have advised Trudeau yesterday to resign as Prime Minister. Jonathan Wilkinson, the country's Minister of Natural Resources, who is part of his cabinet, said that Justin Trudeau needs to be given some time to think.

According to observers, if Justin Trudeau resigns, the Liberal Party will have to choose an interim prime minister until the country's general election. However, no leader has emerged so far who can replace him. The names of those who are being discussed for the leadership of the Liberal Party after Justin Trudeau may include Mark Connerly, former head of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, or Dominique LeBlanc, the current Minister of Finance and Trudeau's close friend, who was present with Trudeau at the recent dinner with newly elected US President Donald Trump.

On the other hand, international observers say that after the success of Donald Trump in the United States and the recent no-confidence motion against the German Chancellor, the political crisis in Canada, the leader of the "liberal world", is significant. They say that the next few months are important in this regard when important political changes are likely to occur in many Western countries. Similarly, in Asian countries, observers are seeing the changes in Indian elections and Bangladesh as a new political wave in Asian countries. They say that although the BJP was successful in forming the government in India, the BJP was expecting more than four hundred seats in the elections, while it did not get even the number of seats needed for a simple majority to form the government. And to form the government in Delhi, the BJP had to get the support of two small parties. Similarly, the BJP faced failure in several state elections, which is evidence of the weakening grip of the BJP.