Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Sean Casey said he was still hopeful until last week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would decide to step down and trigger a leadership race, but that has not happened, and Casey felt he owed it to his constituents to speak out.

Casey, the MP for Charlottetown, became the first Liberal MP on Tuesday to publicly say he wants Trudeau’s resignation since news broke this past weekend that some members of the party’s caucus have been organizing behind the scenes to collect signatures and force the leader to step down.

Premier Danielle Smith is not mincing her words.

The premier paints a picture she finds alarming.

“In the last few months of a dying government is when they’re the most dangerous.”

The government Smith is talking about is the federal government, the government in Ottawa, the one led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The first rule of regicide is: “if you come for the king, you best not miss.”

Another useful axiom is that, when you are poised to act, don’t have word leak out just before a long weekend, ahead of a break week, and a full 12 days before you can rally support at the next caucus meeting.

The incipient mutiny of Liberal backbenchers sounded credible when first reported by the Toronto Star, with as many as 40 MPs said to have signed their name to a letter calling for Justin Trudeau to step down as Liberal leader.

But if the coup had legs, sources now suggest it has lost them.

The Thanksgiving break week has granted the Liberal Party breathing room on a privilege motion that has ground House business to a standstill, but questions remain over what—if anything—the governing party can do to reverse static polling showing a catastrophic defeat at the next election.

Members of the government have sought to pour cold water on speculation that Parliament will be prorogued in order to avoid a successful non-confidence motion, especially since NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, B.C.) announced an end to his party’s supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals on Sept. 4.

“Jet fuel cannot melt steel beams,” claims a widely circulated conspiracy theory that attributes the 9/11 attacks to the FBI. Canada appears to have its own conspiracy equivalent: the government of India was supposedly involved in the 1985 Air India bombing.

Two separate inquiries have thoroughly debunked this claim. Yet, with Trudeau Liberals down in the polls, they are fanning the flames of conspiracy again.

A Liberal backbencher is publicly calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader as other MPs co-ordinate their efforts to force him out.

Sean Casey, the MP for Charlottetown, told CBC News Network’s Power & Politics that Trudeau’s leadership has become one of the main topics of conversation when he speaks to voters in his riding.

“The message that I’ve been getting loud and clear — and more and more strongly as time goes by — is that it is time for [Trudeau] to go. And I agree,” he told host David Cochrane in an exclusive interview Tuesday.

He’s wishy one day and washy the next.

Liberal MP endorses ‘robust caucus discussion’ about whether Trudeau should still lead the party

A group of MPs are in discussions to formally release an ask for Prime Minister Trudeau to re-consider his future as the leader of the Liberal party.

“Are you aware of that letter or pledge?” @VassyKapelos asks Liberal MP @AHousefather. #ctvpp #cdnpoli

Hear his response: pic.twitter.com/kGDyN9NeLk

— CTV Power Play (@CTV_PowerPlay) October 15, 2024

On Monday, Canada announced the expulsion of six Indian diplomats over allegations of foreign interference. In a full court press conference, RCMP commissioner Michael Duheme warned of widespread violence, homicides, and a public security threat linked to agents of the Indian government. New Delhi has rejected the allegations, and sent six Canadian diplomats packing in return.