What Next - Justin Trudeau Steps Down
What Next | Daily News and Analysis
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After nine years as Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau has resigned. Has Canada joined much of the rest of the world by jettisoning its progressive leadership, or does Trudeau’s career tell a different story?
Guest: Jesse Brown, editor and publisher of Canadaland.
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| 0:34.9 | So, Jesse, how's Canada doing right now? |
| 0:39.1 | What's the vibe? |
| 0:41.5 | I think it's a mixture of relief and apprehension and anxiety. |
| 0:51.7 | Jesse Brown is the head of the news site and podcast network, Canada Land. |
| 0:57.1 | He's also the person I call up when Canada pops off in the news. |
| 1:01.1 | So yesterday, when we learned that Canada's longtime prime minister, Justin Trudeau, was resigning, |
| 1:07.5 | well, you know the rest. |
| 1:09.4 | And while Americans like us might have been surprised by this turn of events, Jesse was not. |
| 1:14.7 | It was clear that this was coming and it was a little bit anxious not knowing exactly when. |
| 1:23.0 | Trudeau kept the press waiting in front of his residence in the Canadian cold for 20 minutes before he descended the steps and gave some remarks in English and French. |
| 1:35.5 | So I thought it might be fun for us to do this again. |
| 1:39.3 | This presser itself was a bit of a throwback. He delivered it from the same spot where he used to give |
| 1:44.3 | Canada regular COVID updates. I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party |
| 1:53.8 | selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process. Trudeau said he was leaving because Parliament had become |
| 2:04.4 | impossible to govern, which is not untrue, but also not the whole story. Trudeau's own shrinking |
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