Juno News - LIVE： Trudeau announces resignation

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00:17:34.000 So I thought it might be fun for us to do this again.

00:17:44.000 Bon matin.

00:17:48.000 Every morning I've woken up as Prime Minister.

00:17:50.000 I've been inspired by the resilience, the generosity, and the determination of Canadians.

00:17:58.000 it is the driving force of every single day i have the privilege of serving in this office

00:18:04.720 that is why since 2015 i've fought for this country for you to strengthen and grow the

00:18:13.600 middle class why we rallied to support each other through the pandemic to advance reconciliation

00:18:20.480 to defend free trade on this continent, to stand strong with Ukraine and our democracy,

00:18:28.720 and to fight climate change and get our economy ready for the future. We are at a critical

00:18:35.000 moment in the world.

00:18:37.160 My dear Canadians, every morning, I woke up as Prime Minister, inspired by resilience,

00:18:47.720 the generosity and determination that we are so well as Canadians.

00:18:54.600 That's what motivates me every day when I have the privilege of serving in this position.

00:19:00.840 That's why, since 2015, I have fought for this country, for you,

00:19:07.880 to strengthen the middle class.

00:19:10.440 Why we have been mobilized as Canadians to support each other during the pandemic.

00:19:17.640 to make reconciliation progress, to defend the free exchange on our continent,

00:19:24.640 for our unabashed support of Ukraine and democracy,

00:19:30.640 and to fight against climate change and prepare the economy of the future.

00:19:37.640 We really have a critical moment in the world.

00:19:42.640 My friends, as you all know, I'm a fighter. Every bone in my body has always told me to

00:19:51.240 fight because I care deeply about Canadians, I care deeply about this country, and I will

00:19:58.440 always be motivated by what is in the best interest of Canadians. And the fact is, despite

00:20:07.740 best efforts to work through it parliament has been paralyzed for months after what has been the

00:20:15.900 longest session of a minority parliament in canadian history that's why this morning i advise

00:20:23.740 the governor general that we need a new session of parliament she has granted this request and

00:20:31.260 and the House will now be prorogued until March 24th.

00:20:36.960 Over the holidays, I've also had a chance to reflect

00:20:41.200 and have had long talks with my family about our future.

00:20:45.720 Throughout the course of my career,

00:20:47.420 any success I have personally achieved

00:20:50.600 has been because of their support

00:20:52.520 and with their encouragement.

00:20:56.100 So last night over dinner,

00:20:58.200 I told my kids about the decision

00:20:59.900 I'm sharing with you today. I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister,

00:21:09.340 after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process.

00:21:18.140 Last night I asked the president of the Liberal Party to begin that process.

00:21:23.980 This country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me

00:21:29.900 that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election.

00:21:39.360 Mes chers amis, comme vous savez, je suis un fighter.

00:21:44.320 Dans mon fort intérieur, je me suis toujours battu parce que je me soucie profondément des Canadiens.

00:21:50.520 Et je serai toujours motivé parce qu'il est dans le meilleur intérêt des Canadiens.

00:21:55.740 And the fact is that despite all the efforts deployed to pass through, the parliament has been paralyzed for months after what was the longest session of a minority parliament in the history of our country.

00:22:11.740 This morning, I met the general governor to tell her that we needed a new session of parliament.

00:22:20.740 She reached my request, and the room will be proroged until the 24th of March.

00:22:28.740 During the Fêtes, I also had the opportunity to reflect and have long conversations with my family.

00:22:39.740 Throughout my career, all the success that I had personally was due to their support and encouragement.

00:22:48.740 So, yesterday evening, I shared with my children the decision that I share with you all today.

00:22:57.740 I have the intention to leave my office as president of the Canada Party and Prime Minister

00:23:04.740 once the party has chosen its next president during a national, rigorous and competitive process.

00:23:14.740 Yesterday evening, I asked the President of the party to start the necessary steps.

00:23:21.740 The country deserves a clear and clear choice during the next election.

00:23:28.740 It is clear to me that if I have to focus on internal battles, I can't be the best option during these elections.

00:23:37.740 Le Parti libéral du Canada est une institution importante dans l'histoire de notre grand

00:23:44.640 pays et de notre démocratie. Un nouveau premier ministre et chef du Parti portera les valeurs

00:23:52.740 et les idées du Parti libéral dans la prochaine élection. J'ai hâte d'observer le déroulement

00:23:59.040 de ce processus dans les mois à venir. Nous avons été élus pour la troisième fois

00:24:05.340 in 2021 to strengthen the economy after the pandemic and make Canada progress in a complex world.

00:24:15.240 And that's exactly what I'm going to continue to do, what we're going to continue to do for Canadians.

00:24:24.840 The Liberal Party of Canada is an important institution in the history of our great country and democracy.

00:24:31.440 A new Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party will carry its values and ideals into

00:24:37.900 that next election.

00:24:40.200 I'm excited to see the process unfold in the months ahead.

00:24:46.160 We were elected for the third time in 2021 to strengthen the economy post-pandemic and

00:24:53.160 advanced Canada's interests in a complicated world and that is exactly the job that I and we

00:25:02.040 will continue to do for Canadians. Merci beaucoup mes amis. Thank you Prime Minister and I'll go to

00:25:08.520 questions starting with Laurence Martin, Radio-Canada. Bonjour Monsieur Trudeau. Vous vouliez le faire,

00:25:14.920 ce combat contre Pierre Poilièvre. Des batailles internes y en a dans votre parti depuis plusieurs

00:25:19.240 Why have you decided to abdicate now? What has changed your opinion?

00:25:26.240 As you know, I'm not someone who easily recule against a fight,

00:25:32.240 especially a fight so important for the party and for the country.

00:25:37.240 But I do this job because the interest of Canadians and the well-being of our country,

00:25:48.740 of our democracy, keeps me at heart and it is clear that I can't be the president

00:26:00.740 in the next election because of the internal battle.

00:26:03.740 as you all know I am a fighter and I am not someone who backs away from a fight

00:26:12.680 particularly when a fight is as important as this one is but I have

00:26:19.540 always been driven by my love for Canada by my desire to serve Canadians and by

00:26:26.100 what is in the best interest of Canadians and Canadians deserve a real choice in

00:26:31.800 the next election. And it has become obvious to me with the internal battles that I cannot

00:26:40.440 be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election.

00:26:43.800 Vous êtes au pouvoir depuis près de dix ans. Le Canada a changé avec votre gouvernement.

00:26:50.440 S'il y a une réalisation que vous pourriez nommer, dont vous êtes le plus fier, je sais

00:26:55.200 qu'il y en a plusieurs, mais s'il y en a une, est peut-être un regret aussi?

00:26:58.560 En 2015, on a été élu sur une promesse de travailler pour la classe moyenne.

00:27:06.560 Et c'est ce qu'on a pu faire. On a réduit la pauvreté, on a aidé énormément les familles,

00:27:15.560 on a créé une économie qui fonctionne pour bien plus de monde en se préparant pour un avenir plus numérique

00:27:23.560 et où les changements climatiques vont avoir un plus grand impact.

00:27:27.560 On a fait énormément de travail avec les Canadiens, le Canada est meilleur à cause

00:27:35.520 du travail que nous avons tous fait au cours des dernières années.

00:27:38.440 Un regret, je continue à penser que si notre système électoral aurait été changé pour

00:27:51.240 que les gens puissent mettre un premier, un deuxième, un troisième choix sur le bulletin,

00:27:56.060 parties auraient passé plus de temps à regarder les points qu'ils avaient en commun pour être les

00:28:01.100 deuxième ou troisième choix des voteurs plutôt que de voir la polarisation que nous avions

00:28:07.820 mais je ne pouvais pas de façon unilatérale changer notre mode de scrutin dans ce pays

00:28:13.500 next question um we got elected in 2015 to fight for the middle class and that's exactly what we've

00:28:23.500 done over the past years we reduced their taxes we increased the benefits to families we made sure

00:28:30.620 the economy was focused on working for everyone and not just a few and that has changed that has

00:28:38.140 dropped poverty rates in canada that has brought more people into the workforce that has moved us

00:28:44.220 forward on reconciliation in a way that has deeply improved the opportunities and success

00:28:51.660 of canadians despite the incredibly difficult times the world is going through right now

00:28:58.540 there's lots more work to be done and i know that this party in this country and canadians

00:29:05.260 will keep doing it if i have one regret particularly as we approach this election

00:29:11.580 well there are probably many regrets that i will think of but i do wish that we'd been able to

00:29:18.540 change the way we elect our governments in this country so that people could simply choose

00:29:25.660 a second choice or a third choice on the same ballot so that parties would spend more time

00:29:31.140 trying to be people's second or third choices and people would have been looking for things

00:29:37.780 they have in common instead of trying to polarize and divide Canadians against each other.

00:29:42.820 I think in this time, figuring out how to pull together and find common ground remains something that is really important for democracies.

00:29:52.180 But I could not change unilaterally without support of other parties our electoral system.

00:29:59.280 That wouldn't have been responsible.

00:30:01.240 Prochaine question.

00:30:02.520 Tanda McCharles, Toronto Star.

00:30:04.400 Prime Minister, up until three weeks ago, you were intending to stay.

00:30:09.900 And it seems that the event three weeks ago of Ms. Freeland coming out and saying you were firing her as your finance minister was the catalyst that brought us here today.

00:30:22.220 So can you explain your side of what happened there?

00:30:29.840 Chrystia has been by my side for close to 10 years now.

00:30:34.560 She has been an incredible political partner through just about everything we have done

00:30:41.360 as a government and as a party over the past decade.

00:30:49.360 I had really hoped that she would agree to continue as my Deputy Prime Minister and take

00:30:55.360 on one of the most important files that not just this government, but this country is facing.

00:31:00.640 something, but she chose otherwise. In regards to what actually happened, I am not someone

00:31:10.740 who's in the habit of sharing private conversations.

00:31:17.240 Christiane a été, depuis presque dix ans maintenant, à mes côtés, en tant que partenaire

00:31:26.840 political, essential to almost everything we have achieved as a government, as a party.

00:31:33.840 I would really like to choose to continue as my Prime Minister as a Vice-Premier, and

00:31:44.840 to take one of the most important issues in which Canadians and our government will face

00:31:53.840 face in the coming months, after the next election, but she didn't want to.

00:32:00.840 But in terms of details, I'm not someone who shares the details of private conversations.

00:32:08.840 You spoke about the Liberal Party as an institution and the internal battles right now, but I'm wondering if you feel that another leader will have more success than you will at beating Pierre Poiliev in the next campaign.

00:32:21.840 Pierre Polyev's vision for this country is not the right one for Canadians.

00:32:32.040 Stopping the fight against climate change doesn't make sense.

00:32:35.800 Backing off on the values and strength in diversity that Canada has always, always worked to pull itself together on,

00:32:51.180 it's not the right path for the country.

00:32:53.640 Attacking journalists, the CBC institutions, that's not what Canadians need in this moment.

00:33:00.100 We need an ambitious, optimistic view of the future, and Pierre Polyev is not offering that.

00:33:09.780 And I look forward to the fight as progressives across this country stand up for the kind of vision for a better country that Canadians have always carried,

00:33:21.940 despite the tremendous pressures around the world to think smaller, to veer towards the hard right,

00:33:32.340 and to be less ambitious for what we can be and do as a country when the world really needs Canada.

00:33:40.840 That's not an answer, though. Yes or no? Is there another leader that could beat them?

00:33:44.640 Absolutely.

00:33:46.800 Sur le leader?

00:33:48.100 Oui.

00:33:48.340 Cœur Polyèvre a une vision profondément petite et erronée pour ce pays, si même on accepte qu'il ait une vision de reculer sur les droits fondamentaux,

00:34:06.500 d'arrêter la défense, la lutte contre les changements climatiques, de ne pas investir

00:34:16.820 dans une économie plus verte, plus inclusive, de toujours chercher des divisions entre les

00:34:24.080 Canadiens plutôt que de rassembler pour faire face à l'avenir de façon optimiste

00:34:29.460 et ambitieuse. Ce n'est pas le bon choix pour les Canadiens. Et j'ai hâte de faire

00:34:35.460 part, de continuer de faire partie d'un mouvement progressiste qui va envisager un avenir meilleur

00:34:42.080 pour les Canadiens sur l'optimisme et le travail que les Canadiens ont toujours fait

00:34:48.000 pour bâtir un monde meilleur.

00:34:50.540 Next question.

00:34:51.780 Hélène Busetti, les Cômes d'information.

00:34:53.840 Bonjour M. Trudeau.

00:34:54.660 Il y a 16 ans, en décembre 2008, Stephen Harper a rejet le Parlement pour s'éviter

00:35:00.540 un vote de confiance qu'il savait qu'il allait perdre parce que les trois parties

00:35:04.500 opposition allait voter contre lui, exactement comme la situation dans laquelle vous vous

00:35:09.240 trouvez aujourd'hui. À l'époque, le chef libéral, Stéphane Dion, avait dit, et je

00:35:13.460 le cite ici, que c'était une entrave à la Constitution et un affront à la démocratie.

00:35:19.580 Alors, j'aimerais savoir pourquoi ce qui était mauvais pour les conservateurs de Stephen

00:35:23.560 Harper devrait être bon pour les libéraux de Justin Trudeau.

00:35:26.620 La Gouverneure Générale, en 2008, avait correctement conclu que la Chambre venait juste d'accorder leur confiance de façon formelle au gouvernement de M. Harper,

00:35:45.680 malgré les malgré même une lettre signée qui était un document politique la voix de la chambre compte or avant d'arrêter avant de d'arrêter le travail à la chambre pour les

00:36:05.800 We gained three votes of non-confiance, and we will have to test the trust of the

00:36:20.220 Chambre dès le mois de mars pour passer les éléments budgétaires nécessaires pour faire

00:36:29.760 fonctionner le gouvernement.

00:36:30.880 In English, please, sir?

00:36:34.220 In 2008, the Governor General correctly concluded that because the very last times in the previous

00:36:45.920 weeks that the confidence of the house had been tested it had passed that confidence test

00:36:56.080 stephen harper continued to have the confidence of the house and it actually would bear out

00:37:00.000 because as soon as they came back from the prorogation stephen harper won a confidence

00:37:05.120 vote once again so a political document or political speeches doesn't carry the kind of weight

00:37:12.160 that um winning a confidence vote means but this prorogation will take us only into march

00:37:22.400 and there will be confidence votes in march uh in the passing of supply that will allow

00:37:30.640 parliament to weigh in on confidence in a way that is entirely in keeping with all the

00:37:38.080 the principles of democracy and the workings of our strong institutions.

00:37:44.280 Mais avec respect, M. Trudeau, y a-t-il pas quelque chose un peu anti-démocratique de

00:37:48.020 suspendre la possibilité du Parlement d'exprimer sa non-confiance, le temps que votre parti

00:37:53.560 se cherche un sauveur? Est-ce qu'il ne devrait pas plutôt juste se référer aux électeurs

00:37:59.640 et de déclencher dès maintenant une élection?

00:38:01.840 Hélène, je pense que tu as très clairement vu, comme tout le monde dans la galerie de presse parlementaire, à quel point le Parlement ne fonctionne plus depuis plusieurs mois.

00:38:15.040 On est poigné dans une question de privilèges, il y a des motions d'obstruction constantes et on a pu très peu accomplir pendant les derniers mois au Parlement.

00:38:31.840 Le Parlement a besoin d'un reset, a besoin de se calmer un peu les pompons pour se remettre au travail pour les Canadiens et pas à faire de la petite politique constante, ce qu'on est en train de voir des conservateurs.

00:38:51.320 So this reset has two elements. One prorogation, so that we start with a fresh approach to Parliament.

00:39:07.320 And secondly, the Liberal Party will entame a leadership because I expect that if it's not

00:39:19.060 me who will lead the party in the next election, the polarization that we see currently in

00:39:25.880 Parliament should also calm a little bit.

00:39:28.560 The Canadiens need a Parliament that works particularly in this complex world and these

00:39:36.860 Ces deux éléments vont représenter le reset nécessaire pour le Parlement.

00:39:43.860 En anglais, mais si vous voulez dire pourquoi pas une élection, vous ne l'avez pas dit.

00:39:49.860 The parliamentary press gallery, anyone who's been watching politics closely over the past

00:39:58.860 months will know that parliament has been entirely seized by obstruction and filibustering

00:40:10.220 and a total lack of productivity over the past few months we are right now the longest serving

00:40:17.580 minority government in history and it's time for a reset it's time for the temperature to come down 0.92

00:40:25.180 for the people to have a fresh start in parliament to be able to navigate through

00:40:32.700 these complex times both domestically and internationally and the reset that we have is

00:40:38.860 actually two parts one is the prorogation but the other part is recognizing that

00:40:47.020 removing me from the equation as the leader who will fight the next election for the liberal party

00:40:53.900 should also decrease the level of polarization that we're seeing right now in the House and

00:41:00.060 in Canadian politics and allow people to actually focus on serving Canadians in this House and with

00:41:07.580 their work the way Canadians deserve. On va prendre une dernière question. Good morning Prime Minister

00:41:13.580 Stephanie Taylor with the National Post. Given, as you just said, there's going to be confidence

00:41:17.660 votes in March, opposition parties have said they are prepared to bring down your government,

00:41:21.820 what kind of chances do you think you are leaving to your successor given that there will only be

00:41:27.340 mere weeks for them to introduce themselves to canadians before heading into an election

00:41:31.420 potentially uh i have a tremendous amount of confidence uh in both canadians and in

00:41:39.020 parliamentarians uh interest in serving canadians in the right way there um

00:41:44.780 We're in a minority government right now, and there hasn't been an active leadership

00:41:52.960 in a minority government in more than 50 years in this country.

00:41:58.500 And there is always going to be the challenge of having a leadership race while a parliament

00:42:06.440 would face confidence votes uh in in uh in the course of of delivering supply to the government

00:42:15.080 so this is something that we're going to navigate through but i truly feel that removing the

00:42:24.200 contention around my own continued leadership is an opportunity to bring the temperature down

00:42:32.760 have a government that will focus on the complex issues that are coming forward in the coming months

00:42:42.240 while the party gets to have a full national process that brings in people from right across

00:42:50.540 the country and makes a determination about the best person to carry the progressive liberal

00:42:59.160 standard into the next election can you clarify whether ministers who would like

00:43:06.000 to campaign for your job will have to step out of cabinet and how can the

00:43:10.500 Liberal government be in a position to protect Canadian businesses and Canadians

00:43:15.780 from the threat of tariffs from incoming president Donald Trump when

00:43:19.920 members of the government are going to be focused on who's going to be taking

00:43:23.280 your job the government will still and the cabinet will still be very much

00:43:29.340 focused on doing the job that Canadians elected us to do in 2021 which is fight

00:43:36.680 for their interests stand up for their well-being and make sure that they are

00:43:41.940 good and that Canadians are protected and strong there will be a leadership

00:43:49.680 and the rules will unfold over the coming weeks, but I can assure you that the tools and the need to stand up for Canadians,

00:44:00.680 to protect Canadians in their interests and continue to fight for the economy,

00:44:06.680 is something that everyone in this government will be singularly focused on.

00:44:12.680 Je peux souligner qu'évidemment les règles et les conditions du leadership du Parti libéral vont être discutées dans les semaines à venir, mais le gouvernement qui a été élu pour protéger les Canadiens et leurs intérêts dans un monde très complexe, qui a été élu le plus récemment en 2021,

00:44:35.660 will continue this work with a focus and a singular emphasis on what is in the

00:44:43.000 interests of the Canadians, while the party does what he needs to have a process of leadership.

00:44:51.560 Thank you very much. This concludes the press conference today.

00:44:54.440 Thank you everyone. Thank you for being here on a beautiful day in Ottawa.

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Juno News - January 06, 2025

LIVE： Trudeau announces resignation

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