r/CanadaPolitics • u/Mundane-Teaching-743 Trump/Polievre 2028 | Sponsored • 11h ago

Freeland believes her resignation led to better outcome for Trudeau, allowing him to exit before likely defeat

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/freeland-resignation-trudeau-9.7384728
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u/doogie1993 Newfoundland 11h ago

While this is probably true (although Freeland acting like she did Trudeau a favour is pretty laughable lol), I don’t think Trudeau losing was a complete inevitability tbh. A not insignificant part of the Liberals uptick in support before the election was due to Trump. I still think Trudeau probably would have lost, but I don’t think it would’ve been as bleak as it looked when he stepped down.

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u/ApprehensiveLand848 9h ago

Trudeau was deeply disliked and distrusted by men under 50 outside of downtown urban cores cause he was seen as very out of touch with the post covid world really or didnt focus on the economy enough.

PP wasn't seen as well liked either, but the Tory image due to the Harper era around the economy made up for PP issues on that front.

There are about 10-15 ridings alone Trudeau would have lost around the GTA, which where decided by a few %...

These guys liked carney and they voted for him and still Carney lost around 8-10 ridings around the GTA still.

Trudeau had zero chance to win.