On January 6th, Prime Minister Trudeau announced he was shutting down Parliament so the Liberal Party could hold a leadership race. Trudeau’s resignation comes in the wake of pure chaos in Parliament, caused by the sudden resignation of then-Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. It was the day she was to give the much-anticipated Fall Economic Statement.

Canada’s premiers and conservative leaders have been forced into foreign diplomacy, trying to figure out how to deal with President Trump’s threats. Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford says Canada needs to be strong and move quickly. Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith has gone straight to Washington D.C., promoting Alberta and Canada’s interests.

Due to investigations by Global News and the persistence of the federal conservatives in parliament, Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault was forced out of Trudeau’s Cabinet. Yet on January 15th, he announced he is going to seek re-election. Randy Boissonnault was supposed to stop managing his private business when he became a Cabinet minister, due to conflict of interest rules. But after he became a minister, his [allegedly] former business partner often referred to “Randy” in text messages during business dealings.