TORONTO – I do not engage in the habit of heaping scorn on people who no longer are part of our lives, no matter how strong the temptation might be for some. Two issues regarding “the announcement to vacate the leadership of the Party and the Government nonetheless attract some legitimate reflection.
OTTAWA – What will change after Justin Trudeau’s step back? Nothing, according to Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, at least as long as the Liberals govern, because “every Liberal MP in power today and every potential Liberal leadership contender fighting for the top job helped Justin Trudeau break the country over the last 9 years”. →
TORONTO – Well before those patrilineal Romans introduced themselves to the neighbourhood, ancient Italic tribes – in what is now Calabria – like the Bruttii and the Oenotrians were rubbing elbows with the inventive and erudite Greeks. Sometimes referred to as the “toe of the Italian boot”, Calabria’s history [in some ways] carries more in its pinky toe than others do in their hallux. It was a ten year home away from home for Pythagoras and his brotherhood of mathematics. And during the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome, Calabria was the wedge between two burgeoning super powers in the ancient world.
TORONTO – The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, during a press conference organized this morning (in the pic above), announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party and at the same time his stepping back from the leadership of the executive once the grit have been able to equip themselves with new leadership. In essence, he will remain prime minister pro tempore, in conjunction with the activation of the prorogation that ends the parliamentary session until March 24. By that date – but in this case there is no confirmation – the Liberals will have to elect a new leader who will automatically become prime minister. At this point the ball is in the Party’s court, which will have to produce a road map within a short time to arrive at the election of the new leader.
TORONTO – Continua il pressing interno al Partito Liberale per le dimissioni di Justin Trudeau. Nel fine settimana altri deputati liberali hanno ufficializzato la loro richiesta al primo ministro, andando ad aggiungersi a quanto già fatto dai parlamentari grit eletti in Ontario, Quebec e Province Atlantiche. Ultimo, in ordine di tempo, Ben Carr, primo deputato del Manitoba ad aver annunciato la sua opposizione al leader in carica, chiedendo il passo indietro e l’avvio di una corsa alla leadership per la sua sostituzione…
