Toronto: A massive diplomatic row is going on between India and Canada which has also led to the expulsion of diplomats on both sides; amid Trudeau’s blasphemous accusations and allegations on India, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has also been facing problems within his country as several legislators are ‘unhappy’ with him and are asking him to not return for a fourth term.
Canada Legislators ‘Unhappy’ with Trudeau
Amid a diplomatic row with India, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has been facing dissatisfaction from the legislators; several Liberals wanted Trudeau to rethink his commitment to stay on as the Prime Minister. After being in the government for nine years, Trudeau’s popularity has gone down and several anti-Trudeau MPs have been meeting secretly to gather support against the Canadian PM.
Step Down Or…: MPs’ Final Ultimatum to Justin Trudeau
A smiling Trudeau said Liberals are “strong and united” after meeting with Liberal members of Parliament for three hours. Three Liberals said they were among a total of 20 plus lawmakers from the party to have signed a letter asking Trudeau to step down before the next election. There are 153 Liberals in Canada’s House of Commons.
“He has to start listening, listening to the people,” said Ken McDonald, a Liberal Member of Parliament from Newfoundland who said he signed the letter, which has not been made public.
McDonald, who is not running again, said some of his colleagues who plan on running are nervous because of poor polling numbers. Also stating publicly that they had signed the letter were Wayne Long of New Brunswick and Sean Casey of Prince Edward Island.
The document signed by the MPs included a demand that Trudeau should make a choice about his future before Oct. 28 or face some unspecified consequences.
Trudeau’s Party Leaders Ask Him to Not Run for 4th Term
Some lawmakers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Liberal Party asked the leader not to run for a fourth term Wednesday, handing him one of the biggest tests of his political career. Trudeau, who previously has said he plans to run again, didn’t take questions from reporters after the meeting. No Canadian prime minister has won four straight terms in over 100 years.
Trudeau’s Liberals recently suffered upsets in special elections in two districts in Toronto and Montreal that the party has held for years, raising doubts about Trudeau’s leadership.
The federal election could come any time between this fall and October 2025. The Liberals must rely on the support of at least one major party in Parliament as they don’t have the majority of seats.
The opposition leader of the Bloc Québécois has said his party will work with the Conservatives and the New Democratic Party, of NDP, to bring the Liberals down and force an election if the government doesn’t boost pensions for seniors.
Trudeau channeled the star power of his father in 2015 when he reasserted the country’s liberal identity in 2015 after almost 10 years of Conservative rule. But the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau is now in trouble. Canadians have been frustrated by the cost of living coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Liberals trail the opposition Conservatives 38% to 25% in the latest Nanos poll. The poll of 1,037 respondents has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
(Inputs from AP)
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