After a shocking electoral upset the public is growing increasingly weary of his tenure – and of his Liberal party

A Canadian prime minister who has outstayed his welcome, persistent inflation, a government bumped and bruised by scandal and a fired-up opposition leader itching for a public showdown.

It was against this backdrop, four decades ago, that Pierre Trudeau took his apocryphal “walk in the snow” and decided not to contest the next federal election.

After a shocking upset in a “safe” electoral district and with a looming possibility of a blowout in the next federal election, Justin Trudeau’s predicament closely mirrors that of his father.

But the incumbent prime minister says he has no intention of stepping down, despite mounting evidence the public is growing increasingly weary of both his tenure – and of his Liberal party.

In late June, Trudeau’s party lost a by-election for a seat the party had held for nearly three decades, foreshadowing what pundits say could portend the collapse of the party’s stronghold in Canada’s most populous city.

Beaver [she/her]
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Nope first-past-the-post needs to go terf news source.

If only there was someone in power who campaigned on doing something about that!

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Reason #1 (or #2) why I will not vote for him. Never forget, once he was in power he suddenly decided FPTP was just dandy.

(#2 is his other broken promise, to re-examine CSIS/CSE surveillance overreaches…)

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He needs to pressured into being reminded about his promise and work with the smaller parties and independents to get it done as 40 liberals voted in favour of advancing a national citizens’ assembly on electoral reform.

He needs to be pressured into doing something he promised he would do? Sounds like toxic BS to me.

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