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This past week was a bonanza for political junkies. It doesn\u2019t get better than this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday of the week before, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fired Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as Minister of Finance. On Monday, just before she was scheduled to table the government\u2019s Fall Economic Statement, which in itself was a disaster, Freeland basically told the Prime Minister to shove it where the sun doesn\u2019t shine in an open letter of resignation that went viral in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am no fan of Chrystia Freeland. She spent too many years coveting her position as Trudeau\u2019s right hand when she knew that many of his policies, especially economic ones, were wrong. As well, I became tired of her always wagging her finger at me every time she spoke. I had the feeling she was talking down to Canadians as if only she knew better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, what she did on Monday was nothing less than a takedown and likely a public launch of her own leadership campaign. Many in the Liberal Party will see it as the ultimate act of disloyalty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others, however, believe what she did was simply telling it like it is and opening the door for so many others in the Liberal Party to express their belief that it is time for Justin Trudeau to go. What Freeland accomplished was to release an avalanche of bottled-up discontent that increased throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toronto Star columnist Athia Raj summed it up pretty well when she posted online, \u201cThe Liberal Party is collapsing, Budget exploded, Finance Minister fired, Liberal members demanding Trudeau\u2019s resignation, Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing) resigning and a Cabinet Shuffle. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not address the Nation. UNBELIEVABLE!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly, the past week has shown that in relation to the leadership of Justin Trudeau, the rats are leaving the ship. It has actually been kind of fun to watch Liberal-leaning columnists and commentators who have been vigorously defending Justin Trudeau suddenly changing gears, a sure sign that the writing is on the wall. Even some of my Liberal friends, staunch supporters of Trudeau, are now, instead, talking about who the next leader of their party should be.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what happens now? It seems pretty clear, after this week, that if Trudeau does not get out, he will be pushed out. Anita Anand, Minister of Transportation and Internal Trade, recently suggested that the Prime Minister may soon announce his intention to leave and will stay as Prime Minister until his successor is chosen in a leadership race. She may be right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is in the Liberal Party\u2019s best interest for a leadership race to take place in the near future. Their constitution requires that a leadership contest lasts three months. That would take them at least to early Spring, with media coverage of that race overshadowing everything else, including the Conservatives. Mainstream media love political leadership races.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National elections, to my knowledge, are never, or almost never, held during a leadership race. That is why the announcement by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh that he is opting out of his commitment to prop up the Trudeau government is little more than posturing because it doesn\u2019t matter, and he knows it. He is simply playing games.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trudeau Government, in my view, will not face Parliament again, knowing that they will lose a motion of confidence. They will set the agenda, and unless they are suicidal, they will find themselves in a prolonged leadership race with a result that will give them a chance to lower the distance between the Conservatives and themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who might become the new Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and, therefore, (for whatever short period of time), become the next Prime Minister of Canada is a very interesting question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The front runners, of course, are very well known. Chrystia Freeland has already made her intentions known by pillaring Trudeau and saying she would stay in the Liberal Party and run in the next election. There was really no reason to commit to that unless she was after the top job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other front runners appear to be Mark Carney and Dominic Le Blanc and possibly Anita Amand and Jonathan Wilkinson. If those were the four, and if I were a Liberal, (which, let the record show, I am not) I think Dominic Le Blanc would be the best choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I think there is a dark horse out there, one that few people will think about at this point, in terms of a national leader. Her name is Christy Clark. She is a former two-term Liberal Premier of British Columbia in a province where the Liberal Party has always been closer to the centre right than the far left.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark is well respected for her time as Premier and has maintained a national presence through media appearances. She has also made noises lately that she would consider running for the national Liberal leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why would she have a chance?\u00a0She would be the only viable candidate who is completely outside the fence of the current Liberal government in Ottawa. Not even Mark Carney can claim that. On top of this, she is camera savvy and easy to like. She carries no baggage from the Trudeau era and is well-versed in both domestic and international issues. In my view, dark horse she may be, she is one to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend of mine asked me, after last week\u2019s shenanigans, if the government had fallen. It had not, but it had certainly been weakened, especially with the Prime Minister virtually in hiding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an opinion piece last week in the Toronto Star, Andrew Phillips wrote, \u201cCanada at the close of 2024 isn\u2019t in a great position. It hasn\u2019t done what is needed to meet the challenges of a more dangerous world. It\u2019s let a lot of problems slide and is now rushing to fix them only under the whip of Trump\u2019s threats.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After events of last week, few can now credibility deny that Canada has a significant leadership problem. Can new blood at the top of the Liberal Party change this? Maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it would be a long row to hoe with an election staring them in the face and the Conservatives with a lead of 15 to 20 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of that, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, unlike the Prime Minister, showed signs of statesmanship last week when, without Trump-bashing, he made it crystal clear that while Canada had some issues to address, we would never bow to Donald Trump. Canada, he said, was a proud sovereign nation and would always remain so. So much for the 51st<\/sup> state.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly, the next year, both in Canada and the United States, is going to be full of challenges and, likely, more than a few surprises. Even those of us who are political junkies need to fasten our seatbelts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is going to be quite a ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh Mackenzie<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to former premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. He was also a founding partner and CEO of Enterprise Canada, a national public affairs and strategic communications firm established in 1986.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Hugh is president of C3 Digital Media Inc., the parent company of Doppler Online, and he enjoys writing commentary for Huntsville Doppler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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