It did not even happen three months ago when it seemed that the Canadians could not wait for the end of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, almost during the decade, as a leader. On January 6, he announced his intention to give up With the polls showing most of the Canadians deeply dissatisfied with the state of their country.
But when Mr. Trudeau, 53, prepares himself to officially resign on Friday, his fortunes have made a significant turn thanks to a prolonged campaign of aggression against Canada by President Trump.
Across Rates that could lead to economic devastation and repeated verbal attacks on the sovereignty of Canada, Trump has lit a wave of patriotismand the challenge and oratory skills of Mr. Trudeau helped to gather the nation.
« Canadians are reasonable and we are educated, but we will not get off a fight again, not when our country and the well -being of everyone is at stake, » he said after Mr. Trump briefly imposed 25 percent rates. « What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because this will make it easier for us to annex us. »
Informally directing the president as « Donald », Mr. Trudeau continued: « Although you are a very smart guy, this is a very silly thing. »
At such a shameless moment, he will now hand over the reins to Mark Carney, a former leader of two major central banks, who was elected by members of the Lordeau Mr. Liberal Party on Sunday to succeed the Prime Minister. Mr. Carney will be formally jury as the next leader of Canada on Friday.
Until Mr. Trump threw his wide against Canada, who have caused intense feelings of betrayal, anger and resentment Became its leader in 2013: A body possibly directed to extinction.
Surveys had constantly shown the liberals Leaving the rival conservative match, With the gap reaching as high as the two digits.
Mr. Trudeau’s decision to give up began to reverse the slide. But it was Mr. Trump’s rates again against Canadian exports, his claims that Canada would be better if he became 51st state, his unpleasant references to Mr. Trudeau as « governor », who changed the political landscape dramatically.
Liberals have essentially erased the leadership they enjoy for a long time for conservatives and polls show that Canadians say that they believe that Mr. Carney would be able to defend Mr. Trump that conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. To take advantage of this impulse, it is expected that Mr. Carney will soon convene the general election that now promises to be more answered.
When Canada has faced a Mr. Trump, Mr. Trudeau has based on the speech skills he used to reassure the country during Covid pandemic, and this helped to bring it to power.
Its strength during a crisis is that « suddenly it is strong, finding his feet and is able to articulate a largely emotional response instead of a technocratic response, » said Michael Atkinson, an emeritus professor of political studies at Saskatchewan University.
However, on the domestic front, Mr. Trudeau leaves a deeply problematic country, facing complicated and expensive challenges to face, including housing costs and increasing food prices.
The image of Mr. Trudeau was very Rosier after reviving the Liberal Party and led him to a decisive victory in the October 2015 election. He made climate change, feminism, reconciliation with natives, immigration and child poverty. During the pandemic, he introduced programs for workers and companies that decreased damage to the economy.
But the mood to Mr. Trudeau began to change as he treated personal and political failures.
Revelations about his hobby to dress BlackFace or BrownFace Before entering politics, he underwent his support; He said he was « deeply unfortunate », but many people were scared in their statement that practice had not generally been seen as racist 20 years earlier. Some of the most lavish holidays he made also criticized.
And Mr. Trudeau was widely seen as bullying to a female member of his government, Jody Wilson-RayBouldAn indigenous lawyer who served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. She refused to give in to the pressure of Mr. Trudeau to agree with an engineering company in Montreal in the face of corruption positions; Trudeau said he acted to save jobs fearing the company’s ability to bid international contracts if he had a criminal sentence.
Ms. Wilson-Raybould resigned from the cabinet and then expelled from the liberal party.
But these were Pocketbook’s problems that ultimately sent the popularity of Mr. Trudeau and Liberals to a descending spiral, as their « sunny » focus on politics welcomed.
Promoted by the consequences of pandemic and the invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the cost of life increased in Canada. Inflation was a global problem: it increased and stayed higher in the United States and in Europe – But Canadian voters, Like those in other countries, they have not inclined to acquit their guilt leaders. In some large cities, a typical typical house now costs a million Canadian dollars, making it difficult for economic mobility.
Mr. Poilievre seized Mr. Trudeau’s vulnerability to cause it relentlessly, often using simple three-word slogans, such as « Ax the Tax », a reference to a carbon tax that Mr. Carney has promised to finish ending better with national mood.
When Mr. Trudeau searched for party leadership 12 years ago, He told the New York Times that he initially resisted chasing the charge because of « the amount of garbage that would launch me and my family. »
He alluded to some of the difficult periods of his famous father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who was the Prime Minister of Canada for more than 15 years, before leaving politics in 1984.
« This is how politics is done these days, even worse than when I was a kid, » he told The Times. « I remember seeing my parents go through very difficult times. »
Replaced the faded call of Mr. Trudeau, the protest begun by truckers That paralysis of the Ottawa center for almost a month in 2022 was for many of its participants both on the Prime Minister and on pandemic restrictions.
Black flags that included vulgarity before the name of Mr. Trudeau still want, if it was often faded and faded, in many rural areas.
Trudeau has not spoken publicly about what he will do later. But those who know him suggest that a priority will be his family, following their separation from his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, last year.
Marc Miller, the immigration minister who has been friends with Mr. Trudeau since the age of 11, and both were classmates in Mont -Real, predicted that he would return to a private life focused on his three children.
« He probably wants to spend some time to emit his brain, » Miller said. « It is probably not satisfactory for anyone who wants to feel what their next steps are, but it is where the current state of their thinking is. »
In recent days, however, Mr. Trudeau has been very clear about what is in his head.
In a farewell speech to the liberals on Sunday, he reminded Canada that fights are sometimes needed. He then gave two words that the Canadian lovers of hockey understood instantly and that they have become a battle cry: « hits ».
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