Yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would be resigning, although he will remain prime minister until the governing Liberals, Trudeau's political party, elect a new leader to replace him. That is expected to happen by sometime in late March.
Meanwhile, according to a recent article by Jessica Murphy of BBC News (see link below):
Canada's parliament has been prorogued - or suspended - until 24 March to allow time for the leadership race.
Knowing now that he will be leaving office, which freed him to speak more frankly than politicians otherwise typically can, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has finally hit back at Donald Trump's repeated threat to use "economic force" to essentially absorb Canada into the United States and becoming, as Trump suggests, the "51st state." Trudeau declared earlier today that there isn't "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will join Trump's United States.
The prime minister also reminded people on both sides of the border of just how huge economic relations between the two nations are when he posted on X on earlier this evening:
"Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other's biggest trading and security partner."
Trudeau was first elected Canada's prime minister late in 2015 as leader of the Liberals. He has ruled uninterrupted since then, for well over nine years.
Below is the link to the BBC article by Jessica Murphy which I used in writing this blog entry, and from which I obtained all of the quotes used above:
Trudeau says 'not a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US by Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto, January 7, 2025:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzn4xx0q2o
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