Greg Wycliffe - The Lesson in Trudeau Resigning

Justin Trudeau resigning as Prime Minister of Canada is a big deal, but what does that actually mean for the rest of the Liberal Party? And why does it actually mean nothing? In this episode, I talk about why Justin Trudeau's decision to resign actually means nothing, and why some conservative party people are wrong about it.

00:00:00.000 but trudeau is saying he's going to resign now aside from the implications of all that i want

00:00:04.720 to focus on what some conservative party people are saying because it's really a great lesson

00:00:09.680 in politics that canadians should know about but first let's let's go back a bit let's look back

00:00:15.120 remember the snc lavalin scandal with trudeau well andrew sheer was the leader of the conservative

00:00:19.920 party and he was saying trudeau must resign sheer was making tweet after tweet about this at the

00:00:24.560 the time resign resign resign but now today sheer post trudeau's resignation actually changes nothing

00:00:30.660 here's why you could take the naive approach and say well that was different back then and i like

00:00:36.060 the liberal party things weren't that bad then or you can be realistic and learn a lesson about

00:00:40.920 politics here politics is about winning winning votes and winning support or on the contrary

00:00:47.740 making your opponents lose votes and lose support back during the snc level in scandal andrew

00:00:53.460 sheer didn't actually think trudeau would resign he was saying that as a rhetorical device rhetoric

00:01:00.340 the art of effective or persuasive speaking saying you must resign as a rhetorical device to make

00:01:05.940 trudeau lose support but now that he's actually resigning they have an election to win and they're 0.99

00:01:11.860 like crap most of our messaging for the conservative party was all about shitting on mr trudeau and 0.98

00:01:18.900 now with him actually resigning, they have a chance to rebuild their reputation before the 0.99

00:01:24.020 next election. So that's why him resigning actually means nothing. And yes, Pierre Polyev

00:01:28.840 is also guilty of calling for Trudeau to resign during the SNC-Levelin scandal. And most recently

00:01:33.740 this summer he said, Trudeau must be fired. And then what does he say today? Nothing has changed.

00:01:40.020 Actually, it's the entire Liberal Party that sucks. Even though Chrystia Freeland, Marco 0.99

00:01:44.980 Mendocino, multiple liberal ministers have been stepping down. So the reason I'm pointing all of

00:01:50.580 this out is because I think Canadians need to be more cynical when looking at their politics. Okay,

00:01:55.180 let's not be naive. And I'm not saying that people shouldn't call other people to resign. I think

00:01:59.780 that's a very effective rhetorical device. That's why it's being used here. But I'm saying it because

00:02:03.940 the conservatives are politicians. Okay, they're an establishment party who is acting just like

00:02:11.240 any career politician would. So when they get elected and they tell you what you want to hear,

00:02:17.160 they screw you over. Don't be surprised because they're cut from the exact same cloth 0.99

00:02:22.020 as Justin Trudeau. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, guys.

Greg Wycliffe - January 07, 2025

The Lesson in Trudeau Resigning

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