Canadian Prime Minister faces impeachment

On December 20, the Canadian Prime Minister's key ally, the leader of the New Democratic Party, announced that he would soon submit a vote of no confidence in Parliament after the House of Commons returns from its winter break in late January 2025.

This also means that the current ruling Liberal Party minority government faces the risk of being overthrown.

In 2022, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal between the ruling Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party, under which the New Democratic Party would support Prime Minister Trudeau's minority government until 2025.

This support move is in return for the government promoting the implementation of important policies of the New Democratic Party related to issues such as housing, climate change...

However, with the above statement from the leader of the New Democratic Party, Mr. Trudeau will likely have to end his role as Prime Minister - a position he has held for more than 9 years, if all opposition parties support it, and then an election will take place soon.

According to several polls conducted over the past 18 months, the ruling Liberal Party is likely to be defeated by Canada's main opposition Conservative Party.

The ruling party is also facing a wave of criticism from voters over rising prices and the housing crisis.

With policies quite similar to the ruling Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party is looking to attract support from center-left voters by saying that Mr. Trudeau's government is too dependent on big business.

"Regardless of who leads the Liberal Party, this government's time is up. We will move a clear motion of no confidence in the next sitting of the House," Mr Singh said.

The leader of the opposition Bloc Quebecois party pledged to support the move and said there was no scenario in which Prime Minister Trudeau would stay in office after the no-confidence vote.

The Conservative opposition has said it will ask Governor-General Mary Simon to call Parliament for a vote of no confidence before the end of the year. Constitutional experts say it is likely that Governor-General Simon will reject the proposal.

The Trudeau government is currently facing a number of challenges, including personnel and policy implementation. Less than a week ago, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland abruptly resigned just hours before the government was scheduled to present its fall economic report.

Ms. Freeland stated that the underlying reason for her resignation was due to disagreements on the country's development direction.

The incident has made the Canadian government even more "struggling", especially when the fall economic report is considered an important financial roadmap for the government in the context of Canada facing tariff threats from US President-elect Donald Trump.

Ms. Freeland's departure further exacerbates the personnel crisis in the Canadian cabinet, as six ministers have previously announced they will not seek re-election.

Most recently, the resignation of former Housing Minister Randy Boissonnault amid scandals surrounding his claims of aboriginal descent and business dealings has left the Canadian government with the challenge of filling eight cabinet positions.

Returning to the statement of the leader of the New Democratic Party, many analysts consider Mr. Singh's move to be an appropriate decision in the current context.

Waiting for Prime Minister Trudeau and his government to get out of this mess is not a wise move, and it could also help the New Democratic Party attract more voters in the next Canadian election.

However, some other researchers said that Mr. Singh's statement also brought certain political risks when recent polls showed a heavy defeat for the Liberal Party, which also brought bad news for the New Democratic Party.

Before Mr Singh made his announcement, a source close to Prime Minister Trudeau said he would take Christmas off to think about his future and was unlikely to make any announcement before January next year.

Internally, about 20 ruling Liberal lawmakers have so far publicly called for Prime Minister Trudeau to resign, but many of his cabinet members remain loyal.

Canada’s political crisis comes at a crucial time for the country. US President-elect Donald Trump will take office on January 20, 2025, and has pledged to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada, which would severely damage the economy.

Premiers of Canada's 10 provinces are seeking a unified approach to handling the tariff issue - what they call chaos in Ottawa.