I’m hoping Trump finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau

When would the prime minister, or enough Liberals around him, have had the chance to make a leadership change that wasn’t too disruptive? And what would that mean now?

The refusal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 8, 2025, to leave has put the party and the country in a position where there’s no longer time to do anything before Trump’s inauguration, except pray that he finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau, writes Matt Gurney.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MATT GURNEY

January 9, 2025

TORONTO—In a recent column here in The Hill Time...

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