Justin Trudeau at the Toronto Pride march
A decade later, the “Prince Charming” became a frog. Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, resigned and left the country adrift, with a Government and an economy in crisis.
It’s the end of an era in Canada, with the following a decade in power.
The Canadian Prime Minister will remain in office until his Liberal Party elects a new leader, after a series of cases in the Government that left him no choice but to resign.
Trudeau stressed that it is “time for a fresh start” and “lower the temperature” policy that is well above the negative atmospheric temperatures that are felt, at this time, in Canada.
O Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievreleads the polls and appears, at this moment, as the most likely future Prime Minister of Canada.
Trudeau went from “Prince Charming” to “Prince of Woke”
He became Prime Minister of Canada in 2015, after defeating Stephen Harpe’s Conservative government.
He came to power “surfing a progressive wave of adulation at home and abroad”, as analyzed by the assistant professor of International Relations and International Law at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University (Netherlands), Yuan Yi Zhu, in an opinion article in the British newspaper .
Trudeau managed to single-handedly “resurrect” the Liberal Party of Canada when it was “close to extinction” and seemed “the natural heir to Barack Obama’s brand of new liberalism”, he also writes that he was an advisor to Stephen Harper’s government.
In 2017, the magazine highlighted that “Justin Trudeau loves everyone the men, women, children and animals he knows.”
Highlighting your “big blue eyes”the publication noted, in a report about the fact that Trudeau had won over the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who would even have conquered Donald Trump.
But “it has all now ended in tears” with Canada’s economy in crisis, and an immigration system close to “collapse” – Trudeau “ended up ruining a great country”concludes Yuan Yi Zhu, who refers to the politician as the “prince of woke”.
A progressive agendawith emphasis on women and men and the fight against climate change, were hallmarks of Trudeau’s government, which also strived to “strengthen and grow the middle class”, “defend free trade”, support Ukraine and “prepare the economy for the future”, as he highlighted upon his resignation.
I will always fight for this country, and do what I believe is in the best interest of Canadians.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau)
Economic crisis, controversies and separatism
The high expenses incurred by pandemic forced led to a considerable increase in Canada’s deficit and public debt.
Then came inflation to complicate the lives of citizens, followed by difficulties in finding housingalso due to the massive arrival of immigrants.
And not even the imposition of foreigners imposed by the Trudeau Government solved the problem.
Furthermore, the Government and Trudeau himself were involved in several controversies with suspicions of corruption and conflicts of interest in the middle.
“At times it seemed as if every person who governed Canada had been your best man at your wedding“, says analyst Yuan Yi Zhu in the aforementioned article.
But “Trudeau’s most damaging legacy” to Canada “may well be the weakening of their nationality“, adds the professor.
According to the analyst, the Liberal Government “made Canadian citizenship cheapersystematically attacked Canada’s past and did what he could to dissolve the ties that held the country together.”
“If pride in Canada is at its lowest level in decades among Canadians, and if separatist movements are gaining popularity in the east and west, it is because of the deliberate actions of your Government, whose most fervent desire appears to have been to transform Canada into a economic zonewhose inhabitants were associated with each other for nothing more than paying taxes to the same government department”, points out Yuan Yi Zhu.
Trump proposes “merger” between US and Canada
In between, Trump has already come to speak of Trudeau as “the governor” of the “Great State of Canada”, noting that “a lot of people” in this country “love to be the State 51” from the USA.
The future President of the USA, who will take office before the election of a new Government in Canada, has also already threatened to impose 25% import duties on the country if this does not prevent the passage of immigrants and drugs into North American territory.
“If Canada merged with the United States, there would be no tariffstaxes would go down a lot and they would be COMPLETELY PROTECTED from the threat of Russian and Chinese ships that constantly surround them”, writes Trump on his social network, Truth.
“Together, what a great nation we would be”concludes Trump.
Trudeau’s likely successor, Pierre Poilievre, has as his motto “Canada First”a copy of Trump’s “America First”, and has already promised to “lower taxes, build houses, fix the budget and end delinquency”, criticizing the Trudeau Government’s “lack of control over spending, debt and immigration”.
Nothing has changed.
Every Liberal MP and Leadership contender supported EVERYTHING Trudeau did for 9 years, and now they want to trick voters by swapping in another Liberal face to keep ripping off Canadians for another 4 years, just like Justin.
The only way to fix what…
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre)
What if Canada joined the European Union?
Given this, it is a country plunged into uncertainty who will face tough negotiations with Trump as part of Canada and the USA’s commercial and diplomatic strategy.
Analysts are certain that the political crisis could “weaken position” of Canada in these talks.
In this scenario of unpredictability, an old subject recovered by the British newspaper that defends “Why Canada should join the European Union“.
“Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people”, writes the publication, highlighting that It’s time to “negotiate”.
Trade war with the USA is an opportunity to “change the game”
Canada and the European Union (EU) already have strategic partnerships in the economic and commercial sphere. But when there is a sight in sight trade war with the USAthe eventual accession of the North American country to the European community could be a transformative move in geopolitical terms.
In 2018, when Trump was president of the US, and also threatened Canada with new tariffs on imported goods, an analysis published by INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools, speculated about the opportunities of possible accession to the EU.
Referring to Trump’s threat as a “silly mistake”this analysis considered that it could be “an opportunity delivered on a silver platter” for Canada “completely change the game“.
“Instead of playing tit for tat with a negotiator like Trump, the EU could offer Canada a quick opportunity to join its trading bloc” and “Canada would quickly replace its lost trade relationship with the US with access to an even larger consumer market in Europe”, was pointed out in the same analysis.
A new multipolar era
“Geo-strategicallythe EU would gain a foothold on another continent rather than lose global influence through Brexit”, and would be “the birth of a new multipolar era“, it was also pointed out, speculating that the South American countries they could think about following in Canada’s footsteps, also allying with the EU.
But on the platform, many Canadians dismiss the idea, revealing their fears about the “bureaucracy” increased European regulations, whilst admitting the “long-term economic, social and security benefits”.
Skepticism marks the majority of opinions. And even if Canadian membership of the EU were possible, “the US would never allow for a foreign power to establish itself in North America”, points out a Reddit user.
Now, this “it would be ironically funny”as it “would completely undermine their reasons for criticizing Russia’s actions in Georgia and Ukraine”, says another user of the platform.
There is, however, a problem that seems unavoidable: Canada is not in Europe. But if Australia and Israel can participate in Eurovision…
