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LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

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January 16, 2025

What’s the Impact of Trudeau’s Exit in the Americas?

Justin Trudeau announced last week that he will step down as Canada’s prime minister. // File Photo: Canadian Government.

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Tequila Brooks, attorney and former labor law advisor to the North American Commission on Labor Cooperation Secretariat: “During Justin Trudeau’s nine years as Canada’s prime minister, his center-left Liberal Party relied on coalitions with the more progressive New Democratic Party (NDP) and labor interests to partner on progressive policies. The coalition with working people and their representatives has frayed for the same reasons as it has in the United States–the inflation spike in the wake of individual and business support expenditures during Covid, the declining value of wages, rising housing costs and the sense that government is out of touch and not acting fast enough to fix these issues. Roberto Zepeda of UNAM observed that Canada’s human development index ranking dropped from…”

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