Juno News - January 06, 2025


Justin Trudeau announces RESIGNATION as Prime Minister of Canada


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Length

8 minutes

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142.88521

Word Count

1,212

Sentence Count

72

Hate Speech Sentences

1


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Transcript

00:00:00.000 I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader
00:00:08.400 through a robust, nationwide, competitive process.
00:00:19.960 Well, there it is.
00:00:21.480 Justin Trudeau has announced today his intentions to resign as the leader of the Liberal Party
00:00:27.020 and as prime minister, but not before the Liberals choose a replacement.
00:00:33.080 So he will be staying on in his post for several months.
00:00:37.980 The highly anticipated announcement from Justin Trudeau comes after weeks of speculation
00:00:44.480 that Trudeau had no other option but to resign.
00:00:48.480 Over the holidays, I've also had a chance to reflect and have had long talks with my family
00:00:55.520 about our future.
00:00:57.560 Throughout the course of my career, any success I have personally achieved has been because
00:01:03.240 of their support and with their encouragement.
00:01:07.620 So last night over dinner, I told my kids about the decision that I'm sharing with you today.
00:01:13.200 I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next
00:01:23.800 leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process.
00:01:28.880 The chorus of calls for Justin Trudeau to exit stage left began when the Liberals were crushed
00:01:35.320 in a Toronto St. Paul's by-election, which was supposed to be a Liberal stronghold.
00:01:41.560 The Conservatives stole that Toronto urban seat from them, which triggered the first calls
00:01:47.600 from the Liberal caucus for Justin Trudeau to resign.
00:01:51.420 Trudeau was able to weather that storm for a few months, but when Chrystia Freeland, his
00:01:56.340 closest political ally, his deputy prime minister, and finance minister announced her shock
00:02:02.320 resignation, well, the wheels on Justin Trudeau's train completely fell off.
00:02:07.940 The Liberal caucus revolt this time proved too much to handle for Justin Trudeau.
00:02:13.080 All throughout the holiday break, all throughout Christmas, Liberal MPs have been calling for
00:02:18.660 Trudeau to go.
00:02:19.720 And today, Justin Trudeau gave them what they wanted.
00:02:22.380 After nine years as prime minister and close to 12 years as the leader of the Liberal Party,
00:02:28.200 Justin Trudeau's time at the top of Canada's political pyramid has come to an end.
00:02:32.980 The story of Justin Trudeau's political career begins in 2008 when he became the MP for Papineau.
00:02:40.720 Following Stéphane Dion's exit as leader of the Liberal Party, Trudeau refused to contest the
00:02:46.280 leadership against Michael Ignatieff, biding his time and waiting for the right opportunity to strike.
00:02:51.560 That time came in 2013 when he assembled his team that would lead him to the prime minister's
00:02:56.800 office.
00:02:57.560 Katie Telford, his chief of staff.
00:02:59.280 Gerald Butts, his principal secretary and advisor.
00:03:02.980 The team that Trudeau assembled around him leading up to the 2013 Liberal leadership
00:03:07.700 race was enough to make that contest a no contest against Mark Garneau.
00:03:12.880 He easily swept into the leadership of the Liberal Party and then set his sights on Stephen
00:03:18.940 Harper in the 2015 federal election.
00:03:22.560 2015 was an easy victory for the Liberals, sweeping the Atlantic provinces and giving Justin
00:03:28.520 Trudeau a majority government.
00:03:30.820 It was Sonny Ways in 2015, a leader with charisma, a fresh face, an energy that hadn't been seen
00:03:38.040 in Canada since perhaps his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
00:03:41.720 Sonny Ways, my friends.
00:03:44.280 Sonny Ways.
00:03:45.600 Sonny Ways.
00:03:46.600 Sonny Ways.
00:03:48.600 Sonny Ways.
00:03:49.200 But the shine wore off quickly on Justin Trudeau and the issues began to mount.
00:03:54.060 Think of the scandals.
00:03:55.520 The AgaCon scandal.
00:03:57.360 The We Charity scandal.
00:03:59.000 The SNC-Lavalin scandal.
00:04:00.960 Sonny Ways.
00:04:01.900 Justin Trudeau limped his way into the 2019 federal election against Andrew Scheer and came
00:04:06.880 out badly struck but not beaten.
00:04:09.240 In 2020, he had to handle the COVID pandemic to be a unifying figure in this country,
00:04:14.920 to lead this country together through a disastrous and very scary time.
00:04:20.640 I think it's safe to say that he failed monumentally at that.
00:04:24.040 He became a divisive leader, a man who was committed to pitting families against each other,
00:04:29.660 to forcing through his political will no matter the cost.
00:04:33.080 Instead of unifying this country at a time when it was desperately needed,
00:04:36.100 at a time Canadians were struggling like never before, the Prime Minister leaned into wedge issues.
00:04:42.400 It was in the 2021 federal election against Aaron O'Toole that Justin Trudeau
00:04:46.320 once again limped across the finish line with a minority government and very low voter turnout.
00:04:53.380 And after that, he was quickly faced with the Freedom Convoy protest,
00:04:57.720 a protest against vaccine mandates which Justin Trudeau demeaned the protesters
00:05:02.160 as a fringe minority with unacceptable views.
00:05:05.080 Standing from the same place he announced his resignation today,
00:05:08.300 Justin Trudeau accused the protesters of being tinfoil hat-wearing extremists.
00:05:12.800 Small fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa
00:05:17.280 or who are holding unacceptable views that they're expressing
00:05:21.860 do not represent the views of Canadians who have been there.
00:05:27.140 He had to invoke the Emergencies Act on these peaceful protesters
00:05:30.520 and crush their right to free speech.
00:05:33.600 The federal government has invoked the Emergencies Act
00:05:38.460 to supplement provincial and territorial capacity
00:05:42.160 to address the blockades and occupations.
00:05:46.100 From that point on, after the election of Pierre Polyev as the leader of the Conservative Party,
00:05:51.040 Justin Trudeau has sunk deeper and deeper into the polls,
00:05:54.800 leading us to the place where we are today.
00:05:56.500 With certainty that Pierre Polyev will become the next elected Prime Minister of Canada,
00:06:01.400 with certainty that the Liberal Party will be severely defeated in the next federal election,
00:06:06.840 regardless of who they end up choosing as Liberal leader,
00:06:09.860 and with a deeply fractured country.
00:06:12.220 Let's think about Justin Trudeau's tenure as Prime Minister for a moment.
00:06:16.600 Justin Trudeau has fractured the unity of the Liberal Party of Canada.
00:06:21.660 He has torn families apart.
00:06:23.060 He has depleted the savings of Canadian households
00:06:25.900 and driven thousands of hard-working Canadians into homelessness,
00:06:30.400 sleeping in tents in the dead of winter,
00:06:32.220 relying on food banks just to be able to survive.
00:06:36.220 He has normalized corruption in this country and cast patriotism as a problem.
00:06:41.940 Churches across the country have been left scorched and desecrated,
00:06:45.380 while anti-Semitism runs rampant in our major cities.
00:06:48.860 His uncontrolled mass immigration agenda has brought upon demographic shifts in this country
00:06:53.600 that nobody had ever asked for.
00:06:56.180 Our nation's brightest minds flee this country to the United States to find work,
00:07:01.100 and foreign investment continues to slip away.
00:07:03.760 Young Canadians have given up hope on ever buying a home in this country.
00:07:08.120 They've given up hope on finding a husband or a wife.
00:07:11.140 They've given up hope on the idea of raising children.
00:07:14.560 It may take 50 years for Canada to rebuild its identity
00:07:18.940 and reclaim its position among the hierarchy of nations.
00:07:23.820 Our country is laughed at.
00:07:25.940 Our country is scorned at.
00:07:28.400 When Pierre Polyev becomes Prime Minister,
00:07:30.400 the crumbling ruins of a government that he will inherit
00:07:32.560 will present him with a challenge unlike any scene in this young century.
00:07:38.300 Patience will be required.
00:07:39.900 An understanding of the situation that he comes into will also be required.
00:07:43.180 But as the overly dramatic Justin Trudeau will slowly exit the stage left,
00:07:48.140 as Canadians we can all begin to slowly close this dark chapter on Canadian history.
00:07:53.680 Alright everyone, that's going to do it for us today on the show.
00:07:55.480 Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:07:56.580 My name is Harrison Faulkner and this is Ratio.
00:07:58.960 We'll be right back.