Are the Liberals capable of winning another election?

BY ADRIAN REECE

New political leadership in Canada is required. The year 2025 ushered in a surprise for the Canadian people. Trudeau announced that he is resigning from office? This has shocked the citizenry but has also put smiles on the people of this country. For years, Trudeau has been criticized for his numerous political and social scandals, and the controversial decisions he has made regarding how he chooses to portray himself publicly has not gone over well, especially with the minorities of this country.

The resignation of a prime minister hasn’t been seen since Pierre Trudeau in 1984, he was succeeded by his cabinet minister at the time John Turner. This act spells uncertainty in the minds of Canadians. In the current generation we have not seen anything like this before, so many people are unaware what this means for the government of Canada. This won’t speed up the election process.

Some things that will take place with this move, Parliament will be suspended until March 24^th, and because it is suspended, the attempt to force an election to remove Trudeau which should have happened early this year, will now take months to happen. Trudeau has essentially bought himself the time he needs in office to wrap up anything that he may have in the works. These plans will most likely not require the power of the parliament as proceedings are on hold, and as such the liberal party will remain in power for a while longer when they are on the verge of being ousted.

New laws and bills that were in discussion in parliament are now thrown out, if they are to be passed into law they will need to be reintroduced to parliament and go through the entire process before they can come to life. Essentially these potential laws no longer exist and will need to be revived if they are to make a change in the lives of the Canadian people.

With all the controversy surrounding the Liberal party in the last few years, the question arises whether they are capable of winning another election. People are leaning towards change, and assuming the party upholds the same values as Trudeau, which is most likely the case. Most voters tend to vote against the policies, or party they dislike as opposed to voting for a party that they genuinely have interest in. This doesn’t allow for an honest spread of the support surrounding political parties, and as such makes it extremely predictable regarding the results of elections.

With this supposed resignation Canadians are looking for a change in the status of Canada. With almost a decade of the Trudeau government, which sounded extremely promising in the early days, we have not seen the results of his candidacy and we know now that we need to look elsewhere if we want the results that we are looking for. There are candidates popping up who hope to take the reins from Trudeau and push forward with their own agenda, but they will have to appeal to the citizens and get the bad taste of the liberal government out of their minds over the past decade.

We need to see a shift, and through this change we have the opportunity to usher in change through our next election, and everything that will lead up to it.