THREE weeks after the abrupt resignation of his deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland, and amid a growing chorus of Liberal Party MPs and regional party caucuses calling for him to move aside, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on January 6 that he will step down as Liberal leader and head of the government.
 
Through their (current) favourite mouthpiece, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, corporate profiteers used the announcement as an opportunity to press for an immediate election — one which polls consistently suggest would be handily won by the Conservatives.
 
This aligns nicely with the designs of much of the business community in Canada, who have been opportunistically pressing for an all-party united front to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threat.

These private monopoly corporations are hoping to consolidate and extend their power by integrating with Trump’s anti-social, anti-democratic, anti-union and warmongering policies.

However, sensing that his party would be trounced in the upcoming vote, Trudeau prorogued, or closed down, parliament until March 24, rather than resuming on January 27, as previously scheduled. During that time, the Liberals will presumably select a replacement for Trudeau.