Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his upcoming resignation after months of political turmoil inside the Liberal Party.
This seemingly went public after Trudeau’s Finance Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned, due to conflicting beliefs on Trudeau’s handling of the Canadian economy. In a letter Freeland sent to Trudeau, which later was published to social media, Freeland stated that Trudeau’s handling of the economy included “costly political gimmicks” and that the two had been “at odds” recently on how to handle the upcoming Trump administration.
Additionally, the public polling for the Liberal Party in general has been at a record low. It is now predicted that the Liberal Party has a less than 1% chance of winning the majority of seats in Parliament. According to The New York Times, the Liberal Party’s…