So Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has finally bowed to the inevitable and announced that he is stepping down.
There really was no other option open to him. He’s at 22 per cent in a recent Angus Reid poll, and remaining in office would have guaranteed his party’s loss at the next election.
By resigning, he gives the Liberals at least a fighting chance under a new leader who may perhaps enjoy a honeymoon period, though likely short in length.
The question now is who will replace Trudeau.
Chrystia Freeland, former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, is certainly a possibility. Her resignation may have separated her from at least some responsibility for the dreadful shape of the country’s finances.
Dominic LeBlanc, Freeland’s replacement at Finance and before that minister of Intergovernmental Affairs,........