Today In Bullshlit From Jagmeet Singh

Singh says the NDP will vote to bring Lib government down in new letter

With the House of Commons set to return from its Christmas break on Jan. 27, Singh’s pension is all but assured.

h/t Patti Jo

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Trudeau rearranges deck chairs adds 8 new MPs to cabinet, changes the roles of 4 others

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce eight new cabinet ministers Friday and change the roles of four others in a cabinet shuffle designed to ensure the government can function properly, CBC News has learned.

The shuffle comes days after former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland resigned suddenly, spurring an emboldened movement within the Liberal caucus to push Trudeau out of the leadership.

One senior government source told CBC News the timing and size of the shuffle should not be taken as a signal that the prime minister has made up his mind about his future, adding Trudeau is still “reflecting” on his position.

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67 Percent of Canadians Say It’s Time for Trudeau to Resign: Survey

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have hit an all-time low in public opinion since coming to power in 2015, with more than two-thirds of Canadians saying it’s time for Trudeau to step down, a new poll says.

In the Dec. 17 Abacus Data poll, 67 percent of Canadians said Trudeau should resign, while 19 percent said he should stay on as the country’s leader.

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Chrystia Freeland is not a hero

The departure of Chrystia Freeland from the federal cabinet is an interesting moment. That sounds like a statement of the obvious, but it’s an interesting moment for more than just the obvious reasons. While most of the speculation and analysis — and even, frankly, simply gossip — surrounding Freeland’s departure focused on what it meant politically for her and the prime minister and the government, and what it told us about the personal relationship between the two, there’s another element here. What does it tell us about the government’s vision of Canada in a changing world?

If there’s a vision at all.

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McGuinty and Erskine-Smith among those being named to Trudeau’s cabinet in Friday shuffle: sources

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Friday, multiple sources have told CBC News.

He’s got big gaps to fill on his front bench after a series of resignations in recent months, including Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell departure earlier this week.

While Trudeau is facing pressure to resign from some caucus members who accuse him of mismanaging his relationship with Freeland, his former right hand, he still has to deal with the immediate task before him: governing the country.

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Ditch Justin Trudeau? What about Jagmeet Singh?

This is going to sound like sarcasm, but I mean with all sincerity: Does Jagmeet Singh understand the assignment?

The federal NDP leader has spent this week furrowing his brow and occasionally shaking his first about the outrage he has witnessed on Parliament Hill: That is, Liberal infighting.

It’s too much, Singh says. The Liberals should be focused on more important things. And that’s why he’s calling on Justin Trudeau to resign.

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A Christmas Gift For Canada: Could Trudeau Resign?

The prime minister is facing political pressure after financial minister resigns publicly.

Typically, it’s a good idea to avoid reporting on rumors, particularly the internet kind. Want to know why Brett Cooper left the Daily Wire? It’s probably not a good idea to go digging through comments on X hating on the company and claiming to have insider information spilled by angry employees claiming to be “loyal” to Cooper.

Rumors, more often than not, tend to be wishful thinking on the part of naysayers.

So, while I think the naysayers of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are right, I hesitate to comment on the rumor that the PM is considering a resignation. Fortunately, I don’t have to. Instead, I can comment on the numerous and growing number of Canadian politicians and institutions who have called on the PM to resign within the last several days.

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Canada’s Trudeau Is on the Ropes, and Needs To Hear the Words of Cromwell: ‘In the Name of God, Go’

There are a lot of things wrong with Canada but one of them isn’t its constitution. At least, I like the way in which their governments can be turfed out when they’re past their stale date. In the doddering final days of the Biden administration, that’s something we could use here.

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Justin Trudeau appoints his babysitter to tackle border security

Justin Trudeau has tasked his childhood babysitter with implementing sweeping security measures along Canada’s border with the US.

The Canadian prime minister, who is struggling against poor approval ratings and facing calls to resign, named his trusted foot soldier and close confidante Dominic LeBlanc as finance minister after the unexpected resignation of Chrystia Freeland.

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Mark Carney isn’t joining the federal Liberals, says Dominic LeBlanc

OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney isn’t joining the federal Liberals, says new Trudeau government Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc.

The New Brunswick MP and Trudeau confidant says he’s been given assurances from the prime minister that he will remain the country’s finance minister.

“Carney is not an option,” LeBlanc said in an interview with Brunswick News.

This says Carney decided against the Shitshow Carnival.

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A Caucus Divided: Which Liberal MPs Are Publicly Backing or Opposing Trudeau

The resignation of Chrystia Freeland from cabinet on Dec. 16 again amplified divisions within the Liberal caucus on whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should stay on as leader, and some MPs previously mum on the matter are now speaking out.

Over 10 Liberal MPs have now publicly called on Trudeau to step down. This is still short, however, of the 23 who signed an internal letter in October calling for his resignation.
It appears at least some of the new voices being heard didn’t put their names on that letter and have changed their minds since the last internal crisis in the fall.

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Federal modelling suggests Liberals could drop to just 10 seats

Federal polling projects a historical drop in support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, with one model suggesting the party could plummet to a mere 10 seats.

Polling Canada data puts Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives at 45% of the vote, the Liberals at 20%, Jagmeet Singh’s NDP at 18%, Yves-François Blanchet’s Bloc Québécois at 8% and Elizabeth May’s Green party and Maxime Bernier’s PPC each at 4%.

That’s 10 too many.

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