{"id":2387038,"date":"2025-01-06T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-ruin\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:09:32","slug":"canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-ruin\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Leaves Behind A Legacy Of Ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-pm-justin-trudeau-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-ruin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, Prime Minister\u2063 Justin Trudeau of Canada announced his resignation after\u200d nearly ten\u200d years in \u2062office, amid \u2064declining popularity and pressure from both opposition and members within his own \u200bparty. Trudeau stated that he woudl step down as Liberal Party leader and prime minister once a new leader is elected,emphasizing \u200cthat Canada &#8220;deserves a real choice&#8221; in the upcoming election. \u2062This decision follows a meaningful drop in \u200bfavorability for Trudeau and the Liberal Party, as the opposition Conservative\u200d Party approaches a potential majority government in the \u2064October elections.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau has faced escalating \u200dcalls to resign, \u2062especially after the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia \u200cFreeland,\u200c who criticized his handling of economic policies. His government has been plagued by controversies, including the use of the Emergencies\u2063 Act against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-once-again-praises-d-c-bound-freedom-convoy-protesting-vaccine-mandates\/\" title=\"Trump Once Again Praises D.C-Bound \u2018Freedom Convoy\u2019 Protesting Vaccine Mandates\u00a0\">truckers protesting vaccine mandates<\/a>, an act\u2063 afterward deemed unreasonable by a\u2062 Canadian court.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trudeau&#8217;s resignation, legacy media may portray his leadership\u2062 positively; however, many Canadians view \u200dhis tenure as marked by overreaching governance and ineffective policies. The announcement has sparked discussions about Canada \u200dpossibly \u200dbecoming the &#8220;51st state&#8221; of the\u2064 United States, as suggested by President-elect \u200bTrump, who has\u200c previously ridiculed trudeau and his management.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After nearly a decade in Canada&rsquo;s highest office, far-left Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, leaving behind a legacy of ruin and chaos.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I intend to resign as party leader [and] as prime minister after the [Liberal Party] selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process,&rdquo; Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/1876300300837142703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> during a Monday press conference. &ldquo;This country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me that if I&rsquo;m having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes amid Trudeau and the Liberal Party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/angusreid.org\/liberals-prime-minister-trudeau-resign-election-2025-poilievre-singh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cratering favorability<\/a> among Canadians ahead of the country&rsquo;s October general contest. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractives.cbc.ca\/elections\/poll-tracker\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation<\/a>, recent polling data has indicated the opposition Conservative Party is on track to win majority control of the federal government, while the Liberal Party is projected to lose a significant number of seats and its hold on power. <\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Trudeau has faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.6593927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calls<\/a> to step down from opposing members of parliament and lawmakers from his own party. Those calls became especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/london-ont-mp-peter-fragiskatos-joins-chorus-of-liberals-publicly-calling-on-trudeau-to-resign-1.7423270\">notable<\/a> following last month&rsquo;s exit of Chrystia Freeland, Canada&rsquo;s finance minister and one of Trudeau&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/15\/if-canadas-crackdown-on-the-freedom-convoy-spirals-out-of-control-trudeau-will-bear-the-blame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top acolytes<\/a>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/canadas-trudeau-announces-resignation-following-party-pressure-amid-criticisms-trump-budget-handling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, Freeland &ldquo;wrote a scathing letter of resignation,&rdquo; in which she cited &ldquo;criticisms over [Trudeau&rsquo;s] handling of certain economic policies as well as the threats levied by Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since winning a second term in office, President-elect Trump has trolled the now<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-that-her-covid-excuses-for-tyrannizing-new-zealanders-are-gone-pm-jacinda-ardern-resigns-in-disgrace\/\" title=\"Now That Her Covid Excuses For Tyrannizing New Zealanders Are Gone, PM Jacinda Ardern Resigns In Disgrace\">-outgoing prime minister<\/a> by referring to Canada as a &ldquo;state&rdquo; and Trudeau as its &ldquo;governor.&rdquo; The comments came in reference to the incoming president&rsquo;s insistence that America is &ldquo;subsidizing&rdquo; countries like Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/10\/trump-calls-trudeau-governor-twice-calls-it-great-state-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social following his late-November meeting with Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago. &ldquo;I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following Trudeau&rsquo;s resignation announcement, the soon-to-be 47th president floated the idea of making Canada the &ldquo;51st state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump again floats the idea of Canada becoming the 51st US state: &#8220;Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJcTIprGgh\">pic.twitter.com\/XJcTIprGgh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1876326523096977745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>A Disgraceful Legacy<\/h2>\n<p>Much like with their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/03\/former-iran-hostage-remembers-the-weak-jimmy-carter-corporate-media-wants-you-to-forget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revisionist coverage<\/a> of recently deceased President Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s political career, legacy media will undoubtedly portray the premiership of Canada&rsquo;s leftist darling as a glowing success. <\/p>\n<p>But for everyday Canadians who were forced to live under his thumb for nearly a decade, Trudeau&rsquo;s resignation couldn&rsquo;t have come soon enough. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">disgraced prime minister&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s legacy has been wrought by overreaching government edicts and failed leftist policies. <\/p>\n<p>In early 2022, for example, Trudeau weaponized the country&rsquo;s Emergencies Act to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-court-rules-trudeaus-unreasonable-crackdown-on-trucker-convoy-violated-federal-law\/\" title=\"Canadian court: Trudeau&#039;s crackdown on trucker convoy violated federal law\">target truckers protesting<\/a> his government&rsquo;s Covid shot mandate for the trucker industry. <\/p>\n<p>The Liberal prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/15\/if-canadas-crackdown-on-the-freedom-convoy-spirals-out-of-control-trudeau-will-bear-the-blame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mobilized<\/a> the Canadian military and intel agencies to forcibly remove the truckers and other citizens demonstrating in the nation&rsquo;s capital of Ottawa. In addition to&nbsp;reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ezralevant\/status\/1489744172202569731?s=20&amp;t=eDElep8AOkZAlkhbnFbvUg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/07\/gofundmes-grab-for-trucker-convoy-donations-proves-just-how-evil-tech-companies-can-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GoFundMe&rsquo;s attempts to deplatform fundraising efforts for the convoy,<\/a>&nbsp;Trudeau&rsquo;s administration also&nbsp;expanded&nbsp;&ldquo;its terrorist financing rules to target crowdfunding sites like the convoy&rsquo;s new platform GiveSendGo,&rdquo; The Federalist&rsquo;s Jordan Boyd <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/15\/if-canadas-crackdown-on-the-freedom-convoy-spirals-out-of-control-trudeau-will-bear-the-blame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau &mdash; who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/30\/canadian-truckers-send-trudeau-into-hiding-and-may-help-end-mandates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">went into hiding<\/a>&nbsp;upon the convoy&rsquo;s arrival in Ottawa &mdash; also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/30\/trudeau-thinks-bodily-autonomy-allows-women-to-murder-babies-but-not-make-their-own-vax-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grossly smeared<\/a>&nbsp;the protesters with the typical diatribe of leftist slanders, including accusations of &ldquo;antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia.&rdquo; His weaponization of the Emergencies Act was later <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/24\/canadian-court-rules-trudeaus-unreasonable-crackdown-on-trucker-convoy-violated-federal-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> to be &ldquo;unreasonable&rdquo; and illegal by a Canadian court. <\/p>\n<p>But the devastation brought by Trudeau&rsquo;s premiership doesn&rsquo;t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-safety-canada\/news\/2024\/12\/government-of-canada-extends-list-of-prohibited-assault-style-firearms-and-moves-forward-on-regulatory-changes-to-strengthen-gun-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added<\/a> more than 300 so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-literally-confiscating-citizens-guns-sending-to-ukraine-to-kill-russians\/\" title=\"Canada Literally Confiscating Citizens Guns, Sending to Ukraine to Kill Russians\">assault-style firearms&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to its list of prohibited guns. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/06\/canada-bans-more-guns-suggests-sending-them-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breitbart<\/a>, &ldquo;Owners will be required to surrender them before the end of an amnesty window on October 30, 2025.&rdquo; Now-Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc suggested that the confiscated guns could be shipped to Ukraine to help in its war with Russia, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Other leftist-backed policies embraced by Trudeau in recent years include support for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/02\/12\/canadas-justin-trudeau-corrects-constituent-not-mankind-peoplekind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radical gender theory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/25\/canada-joins-the-netherlands-in-declaring-climate-crazed-war-on-farmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government-enforced limitations<\/a> on farmers&rsquo; fertilizer use, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/09\/report-50-percent-syrian-refugees-still-government-assistance-canada-five-years-arrival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/justin-trudeau-admits-immigration-mistakes-canada-changes-policy-1988094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">migration<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/13\/spy-agency-says-red-china-interfered-in-canadas-elections-to-help-justin-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spy Agency Says Red China Interfered In Canada&rsquo;s Elections To Help Justin Trudeau<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And when he wasn&rsquo;t inflicting pain on his own people, Trudeau was busy sticking his nose in U.S. affairs. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, the &ldquo;proud feminist&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/11\/proud-feminist-justin-trudeau-kamala-harris-loss-shows-womens-rights-under-attack-in-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lectured<\/a> American voters for denying Kamala Harris the White House. The disgraced prime minister suggested Harris&rsquo; defeat was due to sexism, rather than her failures as vice president and inability to act like a normal human being. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were supposed to be on a steady &mdash; if difficult sometimes&nbsp;&mdash; march towards progress. &hellip; And, yet, just a few weeks ago the United States voted for a second time, to not elect its first woman president,&rdquo; Trudeau said. &ldquo;Everywhere, women&rsquo;s rights and women&rsquo;s progress is under attack&nbsp;&mdash; overtly and subtly, but I want you to know that I am and always will be a proud feminist. You will always have an ally in me and in my government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau notably <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/30\/trudeau-thinks-bodily-autonomy-allows-women-to-murder-babies-but-not-make-their-own-vax-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticized<\/a> the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in the summer of 2022, falsely describing access to abortion &mdash; the murder of an unborn child &mdash; as a &ldquo;legal right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a decade, Trudeau resigns, citing internal battles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2387039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Justin-Trudeau.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32703,6733,32700,5191,4185],"class_list":["post-2387038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canadian-politics","tag-controversy","tag-justin-trudeau","tag-leadership","tag-legacy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Justin-Trudeau.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387042,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387038\/revisions\/2387042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}