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'The forces of evil are arrayed against us': The imagined text of the 'oust Trudeau' petition

'We are not asking for your resignation. We are asking you to assume your rightful place as an ethereal lodestar in the hopes and dreams of your people'

by · National Post

This week saw a faction of dissident Liberal MPs present Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a secret petition that reportedly called for his resignation. Despite early rumours that it was signed by as many as 30 MPs, the final document ended up being purged of any signatories. It also reportedly focused heavily on Trudeau’s accomplishments as prime minister, before framing the request not as an expression of the will of his caucus — but as a message from their constituents.

'Trudeau has been forsaken by the people he loves': The imagined thoughts of a Liberal coup plotterThis week saw rumours leak out that a cohort of dissatisfied Liberals was very carefully seeking the resignation of their leader, Justin Trudeau, before the next election. Their names have not been made public, their motives are shrouded in secrecy, but they have reportedly drafted a petition signed by as many as 20 MPs calling on Trudeau to step aside for the good of the party.Tristin Hopper, 19 Oct 2024'The common welfare was your business!' The imagined thoughts of Stephen Harper as Dickensian ghostThis week, video emerged of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper saying that everything he predicted about the Trudeau government “came to pass.” Harper didn’t specify the predictions, but he was on record in the 2015 election saying that Justin Trudeau would immediately plunge Canada into permanent deficits, and also that his immigration policy would bring “hundreds of thousands” of migrants into the country with little to no vetting. Both prophecies ended up being empirically correct. Tristin Hopper, 12 Oct 2024