Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime minister

Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by diggan on Monday January 06, 2025 @04:01PM (#42615751)

> I'm not on the pulse of Canadian politics

> I don't really know what sins or political circumstances have led Trudeau to this point

> Personally, I'm glad to see him gone

Why do people do this? You don't keep up with Canadian politics and you don't know what led Trudeau to this point, yet you're glad he's gone? Is it not OK anymore to just not have opinions either way, and people have to take a stance on everything?

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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by cmrdporcupine on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:36PM (#42618254)

I have to say, as a Canadian, I kind of miss it when nobody outside of here cared what happened up here?

Now it's all "You should be a 51st state" and "Oh your Trudeau is a COMMUNIST and needs to GO!"

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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by zahlman on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:39PM (#42618263)

It's not as if Canadians are any more reserved about their nth-hand opinions about Trump. Speaking as a Canadian here.

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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by cmrdporcupine on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:56PM (#42618351)

I mean, are we really nth-handed? The sad thing about, as they say "Sleeping with the Elephant" is you get first hand experience of the elephant's ... movements ... even if they never notice yours.

Trade war against Canada can have pretty dire consequences, and so putting aside all the other things people say about Trump... the fact of the matter is he slapped massive tariffs on us last time around and is talking about doing worse this time around... so we have pretty 1st hand legit concerns

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