Lest we forget—Fuck Trudeau forever

I hate to rain on the parade, but Trudeau has screwed Canadians once again

Canadians woke up to what appeared to be a glorious start to 2025, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he intends to resign.

This reads as the news we have all been waiting for. But the thrill was lacking (for me, anyway). This is not what I wanted, this is not what Canadians deserve, this is certainly not what Trudeau deserves.

This is a man who expressed contempt and hatred for his own people, refused to respect the Charter, rescinded the rights of Canadians illegally, punished and censored his critics, and generally behaved like an authoritarian, all the while claiming to be the good guy. He was never held to account for any of this, beyond being forced to confront Canadians’ hatred for him when out in public.

Trudeau was set for a brutal and humiliating defeat in the next election, and Conservative populist leader, Pierre Poilivre, a landslide win. This resignation was the Prime Minister’s only way to maintain control, and avoid ceding defeat. He has escaped his democratic comeuppance and once again stolen the free speech of Canadians. One last narcissistic blow to the Canadian people Trudeau has no respect for.

He knew what he was doing, and it was (predictably) the best thing for him and not the best thing for the country.

National Post columnist and political commentator Tristin Hopper points out:

If he'd stayed the course the government would have fallen by the end of this month and then he's in an election. This buys him two more months of prime ministering.

With this decision, Trudeau gets to play peacemaker, avoid the international shame of losing an election to a man who has run against everything Trudeau stood for—from his slander and persecution of the Freedom Convoy; to his insistence that men are in fact women, all the while claiming to be a champion of women’s rights; to his attempt to frame those fighting against the mutilation and sterilization of kids as terrorists; to his attempts to dictate what Canadians may and may not say online; to his fearmongering around climate change, aimed only to distract and further obstruct the rights and freedoms of Canadians, while putting money in the pockets of corporations; to his destruction of Canada’s economy, healthcare system, and ability of regular Canadians to buy groceries.

Even within his announcement of a pending resignation, Trudeau couldn’t stop himself from insisting he is the good guy in all of this, reminding Canadians who see things differently, and aim to vote for Poilievre’s Conservative Party whenever they get the chance, that they are bad, stupid, and wrong.

Trudeau knows what’s best for Canadians, despite themselves. He knows what we should care about, even if we don’t. He won’t concede that Canadians hate him for every good reason. He won’t concede democracy to we, the people. His dictatorship won’t be toppled—he will cling to it for as long as he can manage, then transition peacefully into an even more nefarious position behind the curtain with the other anti-freedom villains we never voted for.

Lest we forget amidst our celebrations: Fuck Trudeau forever.