Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation as Liberal leader comes just two weeks before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president while threatening to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada on Day 1.
Trudeau said he will stay on as prime minister until his successor is chosen, creating the prospect that Canada will have a lame duck head of government just as its biggest trading partner hits its exports with steep tariffs.
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Take Washington and Oregon, maybe CA, too.
CASCADIA NOW!
Did you see what they did to Cascadia? Did you? I was there, almost crashed
Give Canada some ear flaps!!