• END THE PROROGATION AND RECALL CANADA'S PARLIAMENT //

  • METTRE FIN À LA PROROGATION ET RAMENER LE PARLEMENT DU CANADA

  • To the Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

    On January 6, 2025, you announced your resignation as Prime Minister of Canada, and that such resignation would take effect upon the Liberal Party of Canada selecting its new leader.

    The process for the selection of the next leader of the Liberal Party is underway.

    On that same date (January 6), you announced the prorogation of the Canadian Parliament until March 24, 2025. Our parliament remains prorogued as of this date.

    On February 1, 2025, the US government announced the imposition of a massive, unjustified, and unfair 25% tariff on Canadian goods entering the US market, and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy.

    Since his election, President Trump has repeatedly expressed a fervent desire for Canada to become the 51st state of the United States of America.

    On February 1, 2025, you retaliated with Canadian tariffs on certain US goods entering the Canadian market.

    On February 3, President Trump seemingly agreed to a 30 day reprieve of the new US tariffs. We came dangerously close to a trade war, and one may be 30 days away!

    On February 3, 2025, the media reports that Mr. Trump is asking for unhindered access for US banks into the Canadian market.

    If the US tariffs are (again) imposed, the people of Canada will suffer dire economic and other consequences. Canadians will likely suffer pressure by the new US government on other fronts as well.

    The Canadian Parliament is the law-making authority for our country and the federal institution with the power to make laws, to raise taxes, and to authorize government spending.

    We are in a period of turmoil and uncertainty. We need a strong, empowered, legitimate, and robust government, supported by a sitting and functioning parliament, to deal with these very grave, complex and delicate matters.

    The essential legitimacy to do that, as it will be seen inside of Canada, in Washington DC, and everywhere in the world, comes from a sitting and debating Parliament.

    Therefore, we the undersigned Canadian business and community leaders, request the termination of prorogation and the immediate recall of Parliament, so that our government (with all its branches) may be working with legitimacy and robustness to confront head-on the current crisis and be able to adapt to our new reality and, most importantly, deal productively with the US government.

    And we have signed,

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    Au très honorable premier ministre Justin Trudeau:

    Le 6 janvier 2025, vous avez annoncé votre démission en tant que premier ministre du Canada, et cette démission prendrait effet dès que le Parti libéral du Canada aurait choisi son nouveau chef.

    Le processus de sélection du prochain chef du Parti libéral est en cours.

    À cette même date (6 janvier), vous avez annoncé la prorogation du Parlement canadien jusqu'au 24 mars 2025. Notre parlement reste prorogé à cette date.

    Le 1er février 2025, le gouvernement américain a annoncé l'imposition d'un tarif massif, injustifié et inéquitable de 25 % sur les produits canadiens entrant sur le marché américain, et d'un tarif de 10 % sur l'énergie canadienne.

    Depuis son élection, le président Trump a exprimé à plusieurs reprises son désir ardent de voir le Canada devenir le 51e État des États-Unis d'Amérique.

    Le 1er février 2025, vous avez riposté en imposant des tarifs canadiens sur certains produits américains entrant sur le marché canadien.

    Le 3 février, le président Trump a apparemment accepté un sursis de 30 jours sur les nouveaux tarifs douaniers américains. Nous nous sommes dangereusement rapprochés d'une guerre commerciale, et elle pourrait bien être imminente dans 30 jours !

    Le 3 février 2025, les médias rapportent que M. Trump demande maintenant un accès sans entrave des banques américaines au marché canadien.

    Si les tarifs américains sont (à nouveau) imposés, la population canadienne subira de graves conséquences économiques et autres. Les Canadiens subiront probablement également des pressions de la part du nouveau gouvernement américain sur d’autres fronts.

    Le Parlement canadien est l’autorité législative de notre pays et l’institution fédérale qui a le pouvoir de faire des lois, d’augmenter les impôts et d’autoriser les dépenses publiques.

    Nous traversons une période de troubles et d’incertitude. Nous avons besoin d’un gouvernement fort, habilité, légitime et robuste, soutenu par un parlement en place et fonctionnel, pour traiter ces questions très graves, complexes et délicates.

    La légitimité essentielle pour le faire, comme on le verra au Canada, à Washington DC et partout dans le monde, vient d’un Parlement en place et qui débat.

    Par conséquent, nous, les chefs d’entreprise et dirigeants communautaires canadiens soussignés, exigeons la fin de la prorogation et le rappel immédiat du Parlement, afin que notre gouvernement (avec toutes ses branches) puisse travailler avec légitimité et robustesse pour affronter de front la crise actuelle et être en mesure de s’adapter à notre nouvelle réalité et, surtout, de traiter de manière productive avec le gouvernement américain.

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    John Ruffolo
    Founder, Maverix Private Equity

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    President & CEO, Inovia Capital

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