What’s the future of Canada’s Liberal Party and who will lead it?

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  You are listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on the 7th of January, 2025 on Monocle Radio.

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  Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.

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  I'm Georgina Godwin.

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  Coming up on today's program, what is the future of Canada's Liberal Party and who lead it?

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  All that right here on the Briefing with me, Georgina Godwin.

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  The race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader is underway following the Canadian Prime Minister's resignation after nine years in office.

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  Is his departure, though, enough to save the party?

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  Well, I'm joined by Paul Waldy, who's Europe correspondent at the Globe and Mail.

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  Paul, welcome to the Briefing.

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  Trudeau assumed leadership of the Liberal party back in 2013.

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  Is it fair to say that he turned it around?

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  Well, I mean, he really did.

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  In the election in 2015, the Liberals were in third place.

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  They'd had a horrible election before that and they sunk very low, probably to an historic low for the party.

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