Justin Trudeau has announced his decision to step down as Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party after nine years in office. Speaking from his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa on January 6, 2025, Trudeau delivered a heartfelt resignation speech in both English and French. In this video, we share his full statement and reflect on his tenure as Canada's leader. Learn about the key moments of his leadership and what this resignation means for Canada’s political future.
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00:00The Liberal Party of Canada is an important institution in the history of our great country and democracy.
00:06A new Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party will carry its values and ideals into that next election.
00:15I'm excited to see the process unfold in the months ahead.
00:21We were elected for the third time in 2021
00:25to strengthen the economy post-pandemic and advance Canada's interests in a complicated world.
00:32And that is exactly the job that I and we will continue to do for Canadians.
00:40Thank you very much, my friends.
00:42Thank you, Prime Minister. We'll now go to questions, starting with Laurence Martin, Radio-Canada.
00:47Hello, Mr. Trudeau.
00:49You wanted to do this fight against Pierre Poilièvre.
00:52There have been internal battles in your party for several months now.
00:56Why have you decided to abdicate now? What has changed your mind?
01:02As you know, I'm not someone who backs down easily in the face of a fight,
01:08especially such an important fight for the party and for the country.
01:13But I'm doing this job because the interests of Canadians and the well-being of our country,
01:24of our democracy, are important to me.
01:27And it has become clear that I cannot be the leader in the next elections because of internal battles.
01:40In English.
01:43As you all know, I am a fighter, and I am not someone who backs away from a fight,
01:48particularly when a fight is as important as this one is.
01:54But I have always been driven by my love for Canada, by my desire to serve Canadians,
02:01and by what is in the best interests of Canadians.
02:04And Canadians deserve a real choice in the next election.
02:08And it has become obvious to me with the internal battles
02:13that I cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election.
02:20You have been in power for nearly 10 years.
02:23Canada has changed with your government.
02:26If there is one achievement that you could name that you are most proud of –
02:30I know there are several, but if there is one – and perhaps a regret as well.
02:36In 2015, we were elected on a promise to work for the middle class in this country.
02:43And that's what we were able to do.
02:46We reduced poverty.
02:48We helped families enormously.
02:51We created an economy that works for many more people by preparing for a more digital future.
02:59And where climate change will have a greater impact.
03:05We have done a lot of work with Canadians.
03:08Canada is better because of the work we have all done over the past few years.
03:16A regret?
03:18I continue to think that if our electoral system had been changed
03:25so that people could put a first, a second, or a third choice on the ballot,
03:31parties would have spent more time looking at the points they had in common
03:35to be the second or third choice of the voters
03:39rather than seeing the polarization that we had.
03:43But I could not unilaterally change our voting system in this country.
03:49Next question.
03:52We got elected in 2015 to fight for the middle class.
03:57And that's exactly what we've done over the past years.
04:00We reduced their taxes.
04:02We increased the benefits to families.
04:05We made sure the economy was focused on working for everyone and not just a few.
04:10And that has changed.
04:12That has dropped poverty rates in Canada.
04:15That has brought more people into the workforce.
04:18That has moved us forward on reconciliation in a way that has deeply improved
04:25the opportunities and success of Canadians
04:28despite the incredibly difficult times the world is going through right now.
04:34There's lots more work to be done,
04:37and I know that this party and this country and Canadians will keep doing it.
04:44If I have one regret, particularly as we approach this election,
04:47well, there are probably many regrets that I will think of.
04:50But I do wish that we'd been able to change the way we elect our governments in this country
04:59so that people could simply choose a second choice or a third choice on the same ballot,
05:04so that parties would spend more time trying to be people's second or third choices,
05:09and people would have been looking for things they have in common
05:14instead of trying to polarize and divide Canadians against each other.
05:18I think in this time, figuring out how to pull together and find common ground
05:24remains something that is really important for democracies.
05:27But I could not change unilaterally without the support of other parties.
05:33Our electoral system, that wouldn't have been responsible.
05:36Next question.
05:38Tonda McCharles, Toronto Star.
05:40Prime Minister, up until three weeks ago, you were intending to stay,
05:46and it seems that the event three weeks ago of Ms. Freeland coming out and saying you were firing her
05:53as your finance minister was the catalyst that brought us here today.
05:58So can you explain your side of what happened there?
06:03Chrystia has been by my side for close to ten years now.
06:09She has been an incredible political partner through just about everything we have done
06:16as a government and as a party over the past decade.
06:21I had really hoped that she would agree to continue as my Deputy Prime Minister
06:30and take on one of the most important files that not just this government but this country is facing.
06:37But she chose otherwise.
06:40In regards to what actually happened, I am not someone who is in the habit of sharing private conversations.
06:50Chrystia has been by my side for close to ten years now.
07:00She has been an essential political partner through just about everything we have done as a government and as a party.
07:10I had really hoped that she would agree to continue as my Deputy Prime Minister
07:20and take on one of the most important files that not just this government but this country is facing.
07:33But she chose otherwise.
07:36In regards to what actually happened, I am not someone who is in the habit of sharing private conversations.
07:44You spoke about the Liberal Party as an institution and the internal battles right now.
07:49But I'm wondering if you feel that another leader will have more success than you will
07:54at beating Pierre Polyev in the next campaign.
07:57Pierre Polyev's vision for this country is not the right one for Canadians.
08:06Stopping the fight against climate change doesn't make sense.
08:11Backing off on the values and strength in diversity that Canada has always, always worked to pull itself together on
08:26is not the right path for the country.
08:28Attacking journalists, the CBC institutions, that's not what Canadians need in this moment.
08:35We need an ambitious, optimistic view of the future and Pierre Polyev is not offering that.
08:44And I look forward to the fight as progressives across this country stand up for the kind of vision
08:53for a better country that Canadians have always carried despite the tremendous pressures around the world
09:02to think smaller, to veer towards the higher right and to be less ambitious for what we can be and do as a country
09:14when the world really needs Canada.
09:16That's not an answer though. Yes or no? Is there another leader that could beat him?
09:20Absolutely.
09:22On the leader?
09:24Yes.
09:26Pierre Polyev has a profoundly small and erroneous vision for this country.
09:36Even if we accept that he has a vision, backing off on fundamental rights,
09:42stopping the fight against climate change, not investing in a greener, more inclusive economy,
09:56always looking for divisions between Canadians rather than gathering to face the future in an optimistic and ambitious way,
10:06that's not the right choice for Canadians.
10:09And I look forward to continuing to be part of a progressive movement that will envision a better future for Canadians
10:19based on the optimism and the work that Canadians have always done to build a better world.
10:25Next question.
10:27Hélène Busetti, École d'information.
10:29Hello, Mr. Trudeau.
10:3016 years ago, in December 2008, Stephen Harper rejected Parliament
10:35to avoid a vote of confidence that he knew he was going to lose
10:39because the three opposition parties were going to vote against him.
10:42Exactly like the situation you are in today.
10:46At the time, the Liberal leader, Stéphane Dion, said, and I quote him here,
10:50that it was a breach of the Constitution and an affront to democracy.
10:55So I would like to know why what was bad for the Conservatives of Stephen Harper
11:00should be good for the Liberals of Justin Trudeau?
11:03The Governor-General, in 2008, had correctly concluded
11:09that Parliament had just formally trusted Mr. Harper's government.
11:22Despite even a letter signed, which was a political document,
11:31Parliament's voice matters.
11:34However, before stopping Parliamentary work for the holidays,
11:42we won three votes of no confidence, three votes of confidence.
11:49And we will have to retest Parliament's confidence
11:58in March to pass the necessary budgetary elements to run the government.
12:06In English, please, sir.
12:09In 2008, the Governor-General correctly concluded that
12:16because the very last times in the previous weeks
12:23that the confidence of the House had been tested,
12:28it had passed that confidence test,
12:31Stephen Harper continued to have the confidence of the House.
12:34And it actually would bear out because as soon as they came back from the prorogation,
12:38Stephen Harper won a confidence vote once again.
12:42So a political document or political speeches doesn't carry the kind of weight
12:47that winning a confidence vote means.
12:53But this prorogation will take us only into March,
12:57and there will be confidence votes in March,
13:01in the passing of supply,
13:04that will allow Parliament to weigh in on confidence
13:09in a way that is entirely in keeping with all the principles of democracy
13:16and the workings of our strong institutions.
13:20But with respect, Mr. Trudeau, isn't there something a little anti-democratic
13:24about suspending Parliament's ability to express its distrust
13:28while your party is looking for a savior?
13:31Shouldn't it rather just refer to the voters and start an election right now?
13:37Hélène, I think you have very clearly seen,
13:40like everyone in the parliamentary press gallery,
13:45how much Parliament has been out of order for several months.
13:51We are caught up in a matter of privilege.
13:55There are constant motions of obstruction,
13:59and we have been able to accomplish very little
14:03in the last few months in Parliament.
14:07Parliament needs a reset.
14:11It needs to calm down a little
14:17to get back to work for the Canadians,
14:21and not to do constant politics,
14:24which we are seeing from the Conservatives.
14:27So this reset has two elements.
14:31A prorogation,
14:34so that we can start again with a fresh approach to Parliament.
14:43And secondly, yes, the Liberal Party will start a leadership,
14:49because I expect that,
14:53if it's not me who will lead the party in the next elections,
14:58the polarization that we are currently seeing in Parliament
15:02should also calm down a little.
15:05The Canadians need a Parliament that works,
15:08especially in this complex world.
15:12And these two elements will represent the necessary reset for Parliament.
15:19In English, if you could say why not an election?
15:22You didn't say it.
15:25The Parliamentary Press Gallery,
15:30anyone who's been watching politics closely over the past months,
15:35will know that Parliament has been entirely seized
15:39by obstruction and filibustering
15:45and a total lack of productivity over the past few months.
15:50We are right now the longest-serving minority government in history,
15:55and it's time for a reset.
15:57It's time for the temperature to come down,
16:01for the people to have a fresh start in Parliament,
16:05to be able to navigate through these complex times,
16:09both domestically and internationally.
16:12And the reset that we have is actually two parts.
16:15One is the prorogation,
16:18but the other part is recognizing that
16:21removing me from the equation as the leader
16:25who will fight the next election for the Liberal Party
16:28should also decrease the level of polarization
16:32that we're seeing right now in the House and in Canadian politics
16:36and allow people to actually focus on serving Canadians in this House
16:41and with their work the way Canadians deserve.
16:46We'll take one last question.
16:48Good morning, Prime Minister. Stephanie Taylor with the National Post.
16:51Given, as you just said, there's going to be confidence votes in March,
16:54opposition parties have said they are prepared to bring down your government,
16:57what kind of chances do you think you are leaving to your successor,
17:01given that there will only be mere weeks for them to introduce themselves to Canadians
17:05before heading into an election, potentially?
17:08I have a tremendous amount of confidence
17:12in both Canadians and in parliamentarians' interest
17:16in serving Canadians in the right way.
17:23We're in a minority government right now
17:26and there hasn't been an active leadership in a minority government
17:30in more than 50 years in this country.
17:33And there is always going to be the challenge
17:36of having a leadership race
17:40while a parliament would face confidence votes
17:44in the course of delivering supply to the government.
17:50So this is something that we're going to navigate through
17:55but I truly feel that removing the contention
18:01around my own continued leadership
18:05is an opportunity to bring the temperature down,
18:09have a government that will focus on the complex issues
18:14that are coming forward in the coming months
18:18while the party gets to have a full national process
18:23that brings in people from right across the country
18:27and makes a determination about the best person
18:31to carry the progressive liberal standard into the next election.
18:37Can you clarify whether ministers who would like to campaign for your job
18:42will have to step out of cabinet?
18:45And how can the Liberal government be in a position
18:48to protect Canadian businesses and Canadians
18:51from the threat of tariffs from incoming President Donald Trump
18:55when members of the government are going to be focused
18:58on who's going to be taking your job?
19:01The government and the cabinet will still be very much focused
19:05on doing the job that Canadians elected us to do in 2021
19:10which is fight for their interests, stand up for their well-being
19:15and make sure that they are good
19:18and that Canadians are protected and strong.
19:22There will be a leadership process
19:25and the rules will unfold over the coming weeks
19:29but I can assure you that the tools
19:33and the need to stand up for Canadians
19:36to protect Canadians in their interests
19:39and continue to fight for the economy
19:42is something that everyone in this government will be singularly focused on.
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