WARMINGTON: Trudeau 'must go' before Trump takes office, O'Leary says

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If Canada wants to seek a better relationship with incoming U.S. president Donald Trump, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary said it starts with one key decision that needs to be made before Jan. 20.  

Fire Justin Trudeau as prime minister.  

“He must go,” the Canadian entrepreneur who once ran for the Conservative leadership told the CBC. 

And Mr. Wonderful said the pressure for that to happen must come not just from inside the divided Liberal caucus, but from Canadians from coast to coast to coast.

“Every Canadian should ask themselves, ‘What are we doing to get rid of this guy?’” he said. 

He said they should be doing that every day. 

“I am doing my part.”  

O’Leary has been all over the U.S. airwaves in recent months, saying that Canada will continue to go down in flames as long as Trudeau is in power. It’s not like O’Leary didn’t warn Canadians in the past two elections, where he said there was a need for an “exorcism.”

Voters didn’t listen the last two times. O’Leary said they had better this time.

“It’s horrific what’s happening to the country,” he said.

The Canadian dollar is in “free fall” and the rest of the economy, ladened with the enormous federal debt, is an “unbelievable mess.” The events of this week have “embarrassed” the country, said O’Leary.  

That will be nothing compared to what could be coming if Trump goes through with the threatened 25% tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S. But the problem is Chrystia Freeland, who O’Leary said was the “worst finance minister” ever, and Trudeau are not the ones who can have success dealing with the 47th president.  

“Trump doesn’t respect or like Trudeau. He’s said so much in the last two or three days — as well as Freeland, who he despises from NAFTA 2 negotiations,” said O’Leary. “She’s gone and Trudeau is next.”  

O’Leary feels Canada without Trudeau at the helm is the only way to fix this mess.  

“I don’t recall in my professional life seeing a collapse like this and it’s because of Justin Trudeau and his policies,” said O’Leary on his X account. “The Canadian people are paying the price and it’s just horrific what’s happening to the country.”  

But will stubborn Trudeau listen? He doesn’t seem to be doing that so far.  

He’s expected to shuffle his cabinet on Friday and then head into the Christmas break, which won’t see Parliament reconvene until late January. While Trudeau has reportedly told caucus members he will “reflect” on his future over the holidays, it’s difficult to imagine any scenario where a leader with tenure like Trudeau would fold under pressure — whether that’s from a disloyal political partner in Freeland, Trump effectively trying to force him out or allowing a Conservative government to walk in easily and reverse all of his policies — without some sort of fight.  

The thing with Trudeau is he has survived every previous scandal, from dressing up in blackface to SNC-Lavalin to the WE and Aga Khan scandals, among many others.  

None of that took him down and since he’s never lost, he may be of the mind that this will also blow over and he will get to live to fight another day. Trudeau is trying to get to another election and hoping for help to form another government against staggering odds. O’Leary’s point is Canadians wanting to save their country should not let that happen.  

“He’s done unbelievable damage,” said O’Leary. “Every Canadian has almost a moral obligation, regardless of where they come from or what their religion is or what party they’re associated with, to get rid of this man.”  

Preferably before Jan. 20.

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