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I look forward to joining tens of thousands of Canadians to choose our next leader. This is the biggest opportunity in over a decade that we’ve had to grow our party and welcome new Liberals — including Canadians concerned about the future of our country.”
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Avoiding the worst outcome is maybe all they can do.”
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The Liberals do not deserve another chance, no matter who is the leader.”
Meanwhile, New Democratic Party or NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said, in a statementThis is somebody who has packed the place with his friends, people he trusts on a personal level, who won’t be transactional with him. You have to be loyal to him. You have to be devoted to him. But he is not loyal and devoted to you,
she said
He will throw you away in a heartbeat because of what he wants to do … yet he expects this completely undying loyalty from people,
said Turnbull
Every day he remained silent, he increased the number of voices saying ‘you need to depart’. His silence diminished the impression that he made a choice of his own volition and that delay has likely taken a shark-sized bite out of the prime minister’s legacy,
said Scott Reid, a political adviser and former director of communications to the Liberal former prime minister Paul Martin.jpg)
Justin Trudeau has let you down, over and over. He let you down on the cost of housing and groceries. He let you down on fixing health care. It doesn't matter who leads the Liberals. They don't deserve another chance."
In a statement, he said
Conservatives are jumping at the opportunity to take from you and give more to CEOs. You will pay the price of Poilievre's cuts. If you oppose callous Conservative cuts; if you oppose the rich getting richer while everyone else falls further behind - stand with the NDP this time. You can have a government that works for you for a change
he further addedThat's what it will take to defeat Pierre Poilievre, to get Canada back on track and to build the strongest economy that works for all Canadians,
he said
Every Liberal MP and Leadership contender supported everything Trudeau did for 9 years, and now they want to trick voters by swapping in another Liberal face to keep ripping off Canadians for another 4 years,
said Poilievre, the official opposition leader
I would want to be part of the conversation on the future direction of the Liberal Party and of the country.”
If Trudeau were to step down as leader, Clark said
When Mr. Trudeau came in, we were the star of the show,
Huish saidThere has just been such a disconnect between what they say and what the actual results are on the ground,
said Roger Hilton, a Bratislava-based fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs InstituteIt left a salty taste for Canadians, but it also showed our weakness on the world stage with some other adversaries and allies to follow suit,
he arguedThey were very late on basic investments on Norad,
he added, referring to the joint U.S. air defence of North AmericaIt has been a mixed bag when it comes to Canada's standing on the world stage,
she saidThe elephant in the room on defence spending has really done us harm in terms of being credible with allies,
he saidCanada has contributed significant financial aid; they've been one of the loudest spokespersons on the global stage,
he saidThe Western bloc and the G7 is having to contend with a lot more fragmented world. So, our overall soft power and standing in the world has declined,
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Canada needs to demonstrate stability and strength at this critical moment, and the federal government must urgently explain to Canadians how they will avoid tariffs that could have devastating effects,
said Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, the most populous province