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Written by Human 3500 on 2024-12-16 at 18:31

I listened to CBC's call in show at lunch. So many people have great gaps of knowledge about how the Federal parliament works.

An equal number of them are terrible at political strategy.

Let me lay some things out although I am likely missing some subtleties.

Trudeau can resign as PM and this does not cause a federal election. He is merely the leader of the party and, as the leader of the party with the most seats, he leads the government as PM. Whoever leads the liberals at the end of the week should be the PM although there likely needs to be a ceremony or two for that person to be recognized as such if Trudeau steps down.

I assume the deputy PM becomes the PM if Trudeau can't do it. Ironically, that person is Freeland, so this is a great power play. Edit: I'm wrong here in many ways.

Only one Canada wide party wants an election and the rest want more time before the next election. Thus, there will not be an election any significant amount of time before the deadline.

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