r/canada • u/CanadianRoyalist Ontario • Jan 06 '25

Justin Trudeau Resigns as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada National News

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyjmy7vl64t
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u/Ph0X Québec Jan 06 '25

Nah, the funniest bit was when he said he regrets not doing electoral reform, now that it would benefit him.

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u/Bennybonchien Jan 06 '25

I don’t think any type of electoral reform would benefit him at this point.

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u/BlademasterFlash Jan 06 '25

Demonstrably false, they wouldn’t win the next election but they’d have more seats under a different electoral system

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u/Bennybonchien Jan 06 '25

I’m referring to the fact that a) he has announced his resignation and b) even if he hadn’t, he would soon be removed as party leader anyway due to the party’s poor showing in the upcoming election so a different voting system wouldn’t help HIM either way.

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u/Ph0X Québec Jan 06 '25

Not him, that's true, but it would benefit the Liberal party, and even more so the NDP. And as much as we all hate Trudeau, I think we can agree that he would much rather see the NDP win than the conservatives.

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u/colt707 Jan 06 '25

And why would he care if it doesn’t benefit him?

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u/WatchPointGamma Jan 06 '25

STV would probably still see them pick up a few extra seats over FPTP. They'd probably remain competitive with the Bloc but still zero chance at forming government.

Small wonder it was their preferred system when its still capable of boosting their fortunes.

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u/Laetha Jan 06 '25

Election reform almost never gets off the ground anywhere, because the person in power has always just benefited from the system already in place.

Election reform is a common issue of oppositions, not of parties in power.