Liberals bring out the Knives

[Ron in Regina]

Next off the good ship Liberal, Marco Mendicino, a prominent Toronto Member of Parliament and former minister of public safety and immigration, won’t run in the next federal election, CTV News has learned.

In a lengthy written statement, Mendicino, who has represented the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence since 2015, said it’s “the right time, for me and my family” to step away, and that he will serve out the rest of the session as an MP.

Toronto MP and former Liberal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino won't seek re-election — CTV News

Marco Mendicino, a prominent Toronto member of Parliament and former minister of public safety and immigration, won't run in the next federal election, CTV News has learned.

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“It is no secret that I have disagreed with the current direction of the federal government on our foreign policy vis-a-vis our deteriorated relations with the State of Israel, our inadequate handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and our enfeebled role in the Middle East.”

“As a matter of principle, I have been consistently outspoken in my condemnation of the unjust targeting of the Jewish community, which is facing a tidal wave of antisemitism.” Etc…& here we are.

(There are 338 MPs in the Commons, 153 of them Liberal. Of those, 131 come from the three regions – 75 from Ontario, 33 from Quebec and 23 from Atlantic Canada….& the balance from the three territories and four western provinces)

Top Liberal MPs to discuss how to amp up pressure on Trudeau to reveal if he will step down — The Globe and Mail

Party’s regional caucus chairs to discuss Friday whether a national caucus meeting should be called, and how to replace the PM should he step down, sources say

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'The silence is deafening': Liberal MPs say time's up for Trudeau to face Canadians on his future — National Post

An Ontario Liberal MP said the calls for to Trudeau to resign are coming from every corner

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[Ron in Regina]

So….

So…

Melanie Joly doesn't rule out future Liberal leadership bid

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly insisted she supports Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and is focused on her own re-election, but wouldn't explicitly rule...

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‘Cuz reading the room, etc…’cuz do the majority of Canadians care who’s steering the Titanic Party (?) or do the majority of Canadians want a choice?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

And still PM. . .

 

[Ron in Regina]

But….nobody knows what Trudeau is gonna do….or not do….’cuz Trudeau. He’s released a video before Christmas promoting his pick for Liberal leader & it was….Trudeau.

He might still stick around for another kick at the drink box water bottle sorta thing…so what would he run on? Climate Change? Pronouns? Or the old & unbelievably unbelievable gun control & abortion that nobody but Liberal's want to go near?

Perhaps on increasing funding for the CBC?

Something new from some other party (looking at you Jagmeet) that use to be further to the left than the Liberals?
Maybe Trudeau will campaign on axing the tax, building the homes, fixings the budget, stopping the crimes, etc…?

Justin Trudeau on if he will step down as prime minister

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked if he will be stepping down as he walked out of a cabinet meeting following a shuffle on Friday.Subscribe to CTV News...

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Maybe the liberals just need another cabinet shuffle because it’s been the better part of a month since the last one, or at least a couple of weeks?

And still PM. . .

There’s really no mechanism to get rid of a liberal pm. There is if he was conservative, but not a liberal. Seriously.

 

[Ron in Regina]

(I know what I’m saying above sounds like bullshit but….the Conservatives removed Erin O’toole, but the Liberals can’t remove Justin Trudeau. There’s something called the “Reform Act” the other parties signed, but the Liberals didn’t/wouldn’t. That’s what I’m referring to)

Reform Act, 2014

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Sorry, my bad, I guess the Conservatives agreed to it… but not the other parties (plural).

 

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(I know what I’m saying above sounds like bullshit but….the Conservatives removed Erin O’toole, but the Liberals can’t remove Justin Trudeau. There’s something called the “Reform Act” the other parties signed, but the Liberals didn’t/wouldn’t. That’s what I’m referring to)
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Sorry, my bad, I guess the Conservatives agreed to it… but not the other parties (plural).

Doesn’t matter as long as the party leader has to sign off on nomination papers , he /she is the boss .

 

[TheShadow]

If I was in the Liberal party I would stay away from Carney thinking he's the guy to go with.

He's been labelled "carbon Tax Carney" and that's gonna stick.

At this point, the Liberals will NOT win, will not be the official opposition, and are gonna get smeshed.

Freeland is worse because she sat with Trudeau forever despite his shenanigans until it affected her and then bailed and people will remember that.

Honestly, they should just get rid of Trudeau and make this like a hockey team looking to re-build.

 

[Jinentonix]

If I was in the Liberal party I would stay away from Carney thinking he's the guy to go with.

He's been labelled "carbon Tax Carney" and that's gonna stick.

At this point, the Liberals will NOT win, will not be the official opposition, and are gonna get smeshed.

Freeland is worse because she sat with Trudeau forever despite his shenanigans until it affected her and then bailed and people will remember that.

Honestly, they should just get rid of Trudeau and make this like a hockey team looking to re-build.

Their best shot is a total house cleaning. There isn't a single current Liberal party member that doesn't have Trudope stink all over them. That includes unofficial members like Carney.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

If I was in the Liberal party I would stay away from Carney thinking he's the guy to go with.

He's been labelled "carbon Tax Carney" and that's gonna stick.

At this point, the Liberals will NOT win, will not be the official opposition, and are gonna get smeshed.

Freeland is worse because she sat with Trudeau forever despite his shenanigans until it affected her and then bailed and people will remember that.

Honestly, they should just get rid of Trudeau and make this like a hockey team looking to re-build.

In all honesty, they should keep Trudeau, get themselves crushed and then clean house. Any patch job now just prolongs the agony and taints anybody who is added with Trudeau mess.

 

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In all honesty, they should keep Trudeau, get themselves crushed and then clean house. Any patch job now just prolongs the agony and taints anybody who is added with Trudeau mess.

Any house cleaning still will not touch the back room boys and bag men , the so called Laurencian elite .

 

[Ron in Regina]

In all honesty, they should keep Trudeau, get themselves crushed and then clean house. Any patch job now just prolongs the agony and taints anybody who is added with Trudeau mess.

Anyone with any affiliation with this government for the last nine years, who kept their mouth shut during all the scandals and shenanigans, is tainted. Every last one of them, & that includes the NDP that kept them in power for the last two years, & Carney who’s been attached officially unofficially to the Liberals, circling like a vulture for Freeland’s job, then Trudeau’s job….& what will be Poilievre’s job.

Colby Cosh: Mark Carney's big non-reveal — National Post

With rumours circulating for weeks, the former central banker walked into the spotlight to tell us … nothing at all

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Liberal MPs to meet next week as calls for Trudeau to leave intensify — CBC News

Liberal MPs will gather next week for a special national caucus meeting for the first time since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told them he would take the holidays to reflect on calls for him to step down as party leader.

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MPs say they still have no indication of the prime minister's intentions. One MP told CBC News they would not be surprised if Trudeau intends to stay on despite efforts to remove him, etc…

The Liberal's imagined plan to stave off electoral humiliation — National Post

Justin Trudeau's government could be facing annihilation in the next election. Here are the imagined results of a Liberal plan to stop that

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Liberal national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan called the meeting for Wednesday, Jan. 8, according to an email sent to Liberal MPs and shared with CBC News on Friday. It is scheduled to run as long as six hours.

Multiple Liberal MPs hope it will bring to an end the months of private and public efforts to try to force Trudeau to step down???



Sounds like a trusting bunch, with their own MP’s (it takes a thief to catch a thief?), as they are saving the planet, one caucus meeting at a time.

It’s over for the Liberals, their time is up, and Justin Trudeau needs to call an election, take his shellacking and let his party begin rebuilding without him.

Despite Trudeau’s delusional idea that he is Canada’s saviour, he will not be leading that new government and neither will anyone associated with his party.

Replacing Trudeau as Liberal leader won’t help the current governing party in the next election and, in fact, it might make things worse…for the Liberal Party, not Canadians in general.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Liberal candidates who are possible leadership contenders: Ms. Freeland, Mr. LeBlanc, former housing minister Sean Fraser, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Transport Minister Anita Anand, former central banker Mark Carney and former B.C. premier Christy Clark.

All of the above (except Christy Clark) are “Trudeau” Liberals.

Anyone with any affiliation with this government for the last nine years, who kept their mouth shut during all the scandals and shenanigans, is tainted. Every last one of them, & that includes the NDP that kept them in power for the last two years, & Carney who’s been attached officially unofficially to the Liberals, circling like a vulture for Freeland’s job, then Trudeau’s job….& what will be Poilievre’s job.

Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national caucus meeting Wednesday — The Globe and Mail

Sources say they are unsure about what the Liberal Party national executive plans to do to replace Trudeau as leader

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According to the Nanos poll, four per cent say former B.C. premier Christy Clark is the most appealing leadership candidate.

But this is from not quite two months ago before jet fuel was poured on the Liberal dumpster fire so….?

Who should lead the Liberals? 'None of the above,' poll finds

As questions loom over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership, a new Nanos Research poll commissioned for CTV News says a quarter of Canadians say none of the potential candidates appeal to them.

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[Ron in Regina]

Potential successors: Who would have the best prospects as Liberal leader? — National Post

Polling shows the strongest candidate at the moment, Chrystia Freeland, still has the party trailing Poilievre's Conservatives by 15 points

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[Ron in Regina]

So Justin’s eventual successor. Who can vote?

Per the (Lib-tanic) constitution, anyone who registers as a Liberal at least 41 days before the leadership election date can vote in the contest.

The Liberal party bills itself as “the most open movement in Canada.” Anyone aged 14 and older with a Canadian mailing address (no mention of citizenship here) can register to join the party free of charge, as can Canadians living abroad who are eligible to vote in federal elections.

Trudeau defended the low barriers to party registration in recent testimony to a committee investigating foreign interference in Canada’s democratic processes.

“Expanding the pool is also a way to try to engage future voters — those too young to vote or who are not yet Canadian citizens,” Trudeau said in October?

This new leader can then Potentially have the shortest roll as PM in Canadian history…& then they can lead the Libtards in the wilderness…hopefully as long as Moses lead the Israelites through the desert.

Cabinet members Melanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne and Anita Anand are all thought to be interested in the job, as is ex-finance minister Chrystia Freeland. Ex-Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and former British Columbia Christy Clark are also rumoured to be organizing for possible leadership bids.

University of Manitoba political scientist Royce Koop, who wrote a book about the Liberal party’s internal processes, says an expedited race would tip the scales for “established candidates with a ready made base of support.”

“The structure of the race is going to favour one of the cabinet ministers who are thinking of running,” said Koop. “By waiting for so long to step aside, Trudeau really painted the party into a corner”….before it swirls around the bowl…& this could take several months where Trudeau will still be PM without having to be accountable to parliament & thus the Canadian people.

With Trudeau stepping down, here's how a Liberal leadership race will look

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday morning he'll step down after his Liberal party chooses its next leader in a "robust... process."

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After the dust settles & the Liberals are decimated, Justin can retire to India Guyana where the Trudeau Foundation (separate from Justin Trudeau himself of coarse) has picked up a few real estate holdings, etc…

 

[pgs]

So Justin’s eventual successor. Who can vote?

Per the (Lib-tanic) constitution, anyone who registers as a Liberal at least 41 days before the leadership election date can vote in the contest.

The Liberal party bills itself as “the most open movement in Canada.” Anyone aged 14 and older with a Canadian mailing address (no mention of citizenship here) can register to join the party free of charge, as can Canadians living abroad who are eligible to vote in federal elections.

Trudeau defended the low barriers to party registration in recent testimony to a committee investigating foreign interference in Canada’s democratic processes.

“Expanding the pool is also a way to try to engage future voters — those too young to vote or who are not yet Canadian citizens,” Trudeau said in October?

This new leader can then Potentially have the shortest roll as PM in Canadian history…& then they can lead the Libtards in the wilderness…hopefully as long as Moses lead the Israelites through the desert.

Cabinet members Melanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne and Anita Anand are all thought to be interested in the job, as is ex-finance minister Chrystia Freeland. Ex-Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and former British Columbia Christy Clark are also rumoured to be organizing for possible leadership bids.

University of Manitoba political scientist Royce Koop, who wrote a book about the Liberal party’s internal processes, says an expedited race would tip the scales for “established candidates with a ready made base of support.”

“The structure of the race is going to favour one of the cabinet ministers who are thinking of running,” said Koop. “By waiting for so long to step aside, Trudeau really painted the party into a corner”….before it swirls around the bowl…& this could take several months where Trudeau will still be PM without having to be accountable to parliament & thus the Canadian people.

With Trudeau stepping down, here's how a Liberal leadership race will look

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday morning he'll step down after his Liberal party chooses its next leader in a "robust... process."

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After the dust settles & the Liberals are decimated, Justin can retire to India Guyana where the Trudeau Foundation (separate from Justin Trudeau himself of coarse) has picked up a few real estate holdings, etc…

Who is going to be the sacrificial lamb ? Kim Campbell turned that gig into a career .

 

[Ron in Regina]

Who is going to be the sacrificial lamb ? Kim Campbell turned that gig into a career .

Whoever they hoist into the Liberal leadership will still, assuming they have a very safe riding, get to be the leader of a political party for the next 4 years, just like Elizabeth May….so even someone who squeaked into the Liberal MP role in 2021 would come out with their golden parachute….& we have seen firsthand just how difficult it is for the liberal party to get rid of a leader they don’t want once that leader is in place. Just say’n.

 

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Whoever they hoist into the Liberal leadership will still, assuming they have a very safe riding, get to be the leader of a political party for the next 4 years, just like Elizabeth May….so even someone who squeaked into the Liberal MP role in 2021 would come out with their golden parachute….& we have seen firsthand just how difficult it is for the liberal party to get rid of a leader they don’t want once that leader is in place. Just say’n.

They got rid of Dionne , his dog Kyoto and Ignatieff. They both made out ok . They will find some photogenic young person to take up the mantle and he/she will end up a okay . Just saying . Remember John Turner the member from Vancouver South that he had never set foot in ? He made out just fine . They all do , just saying .

 

[Ron in Regina]

Liberal candidates who are possible leadership contenders: Ms. Freeland, Mr. LeBlanc, former housing minister Sean Fraser, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Transport Minister Anita Anand, former central banker Mark Carney and former B.C. premier Christy Clark.

In front of Rideau Hall, Trudeau insisted that “a new prime minister and leader of the Liberal party will carry its values and ideals into that next election.”

All of the above (except Christy Clark) are “Trudeau” Liberals.

If after the last decade, the Liberal Party became the Trudeau Party, is carrying its values and ideals into that next election what most of Canadians want or what Canada needs?

What values and ideals? These are not Paul Martin or Jean Chrétien Liberals. This is not a centrist Liberal party anymore. It has gladly shifted far to the left, behaving like the NDP, and has top cabinet ministers in foreign affairs dispensing of moral clarity, appeasing their demographics and putting winning their seat above Canada’s relationship with democratic Israel. This is a Liberal party that doesn’t seem to hold any values or ideals other than winning at all costs.

We will have no choice but to wait until the new leader takes over in March to see if the party will continue on this course of what appears to be principleless leadership, but Trudeau’s words suggest that he himself hasn’t learned any lessons over the past nine years in respect to his government’s effects on the daily lives of Canadians, and that the only reflecting he’s done has been on himself.

The internal struggles of the Liberal Party of Canada to find a competitive leader for the next election is not a national imperative. What Canadians need in the next month is a new prime minister with a powerful mandate from all voters to go up against Donald Trump in tariff and border negotiations.

Terry Newman: Justin Trudeau is very disappointed in us — National Post

Why couldn't his pesky caucus and Canadians just continue to let him lead?

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The glittering axe hanging over us isn’t the political fortunes of Liberal hopefuls Chrystia Freeland or Mark Carney.

Trudeau’s departure now opens the door to many questions as to when and how a leadership race could take place, given the tight deadline of March 24…which is pretty much impossible, & they know this in advance…so what’s the plan to make that March 24th deadline irrelevant?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Well, how ‘bout that? According to a source close to the minister, “Frankie Bubbles” believes the party would be well served by another leader from Quebec, especially with the rise of the Parti Québécois and its promise to hold a referendum on Quebec independence in a first term.

Champagne considering bid for Liberal leadership after Trudeau resignation — National Post

According to sources, Champagne is not the only Quebec MP considering a run for prime minister of Canada

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However, the idea of the next leader being from Quebec does not fit with the party’s tradition of alternating francophone and anglophone leaders? Really? So only 1/2 the leaders of the entire nation potentially have to come from Quebec by Liberal tradition? ‘Cuz its 2015-ish?

“There is always an alternation, and I don’t think it’s the turn of Quebecers to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. I think the next leader will come from Ontario,” former provincial cabinet minister Christine St-Pierre said in an interview.

According to sources, Champagne is not the only Quebec MP considering a run for prime minister of Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is also reportedly considering her options, and National Post has learned that Labour Minister and Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon is also considering a run for the party leadership.

 

[petros]

Well, how ‘bout that? According to a source close to the minister, “Frankie Bubbles” believes the party would be well served by another leader from Quebec, especially with the rise of the Parti Québécois and its promise to hold a referendum on Quebec independence in a first term.

Champagne considering bid for Liberal leadership after Trudeau resignation — National Post

According to sources, Champagne is not the only Quebec MP considering a run for prime minister of Canada

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However, the idea of the next leader being from Quebec does not fit with the party’s tradition of alternating francophone and anglophone leaders? Really? So only 1/2 the leaders of the entire nation potentially have to come from Quebec by Liberal tradition? ‘Cuz its 2015-ish?

“There is always an alternation, and I don’t think it’s the turn of Quebecers to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. I think the next leader will come from Ontario,” former provincial cabinet minister Christine St-Pierre said in an interview.

According to sources, Champagne is not the only Quebec MP considering a run for prime minister of Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is also reportedly considering her options, and National Post has learned that Labour Minister and Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon is also considering a run for the party leadership.

Oh good lord. Kick 'em out!