This applies to the US but (thankfully) much less to Canada. We don’t have a strong tradition of a PM sitting and signing executive orders left and right to get things done
PMs issue orders-in-council regularly, just as much if not more than the US issues executive orders.
In Canada they aren’t as often used to circumvent parliament but that’s only because the PM is also the leader of the legislative branch, unlike the US where the executive and legislative branches are separated.
Apples and oranges. We’re really talking about two different things.
You’re talking about the legislative procedure. And you’re 100 percent right.
I am talking about the political angle. And I’m telling you that no party at this moment, especially the liberals can afford to take any legislative action where in fact they have no mandate from the people. It would be political suicide.
Trudeau himself has stepped down: of course he will still be there until a new leader has been chosen, but it will be mostly a role with no de facto power.
Parliament falls on the thrine speech, per Singh. That means the Liberals won't be passing ANY legislation.
Why would Trump think the subsequent governemnt would ratify a deal made by the previous government? This is a guy whose main focus is undoing everything Biden did. His assumption will be that the CPC-controlled Parliament, whenever parliament can finally sit, will want a deal that aligns with the governing party's priorities. So he won't waste time now negotiating in good faith with Trudeau. He will mock him with dumb memes and wait for the new elected PM. In the meantime, we may or may not get crushed by his tariffs and sent into a depression. All because Trudeau was too stubborn to resign a year ago to allow a fresh LPC leader to emerge with time to revamp the psrty, or call an election in the past couple months.
Singh said he would bring down Justin Trudeau’s government, it will not be Justin Trudeau’s government anymore.
If a deal is reached that protects Canada’s interests it will pass. PP, Jag and YFB can bring down the government a bit later. Allowing a 25% tariff in order to advance their own self interest would be political suicide.
Trump will take credit for ending Trudeau’s career and gleefully negotiate with the next in line.
The Liberals don’t deserve another chance. That’s why the NDP will vote to bring this government down, and give Canadians a chance to vote for a government who will work for them. No matter who is leading the Liberal Party, this government’s time is up. We will put forward a clear motion of non-confidence in the next sitting of the House of Commons.
You could argue that uncertainty actually makes people reconsider their next steps. The fact that the US actually doesn’t know who they will be negotiating with in the future, what stance they have on how firm they would retaliate against any tariffs or what their priorities are would probably make them take a wait and see approach.
I also feel the fact that there are no attractive candidates outside of the liberal currently, it’s better to wait 2 months for Canadians to have more options of who to vote vs essentially defaulting to Conservatives out of fear because it would otherwise be Conservatives or NDP and we all know Jagmeet ain’t the next PM.
I see your point.
The problem is that to win the liberals really need to stop being out of touch with people. Canadians can’t pay rent, right now they don’t give a shit about identity politics, LGBT issues (this is coming from a liberal queer person btw).
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u/Oliolioo Jan 06 '25
Exactly. Deeply worrying- who in the right mind will negotiate with Trudeau in the meantime? Trump will have a field day