A political scientist says that the resignation of Prime Minister Andrew Furey serves as a bomb in provincial policy that could feel in the rest of Canada.
“It freely reminds me of what has just happened with Chrystia Freeland renouncing, and it is the antithesis of what happened with Justin Trudeau,” said Alex Marland, a political scientist from the University of Acadia, to CBC News on Tuesday.
“This is the case of a prime minister that is relatively popular, who had a good opportunity to block a majority government in an election this year, which has just signed an important agreement that involves energy [with] Quebec to undo all kinds of inherited problems with Churchill Falls. This is a real shock for many of us. “
Furey announced his resignation at a surprise press conference quickly organized on Tuesday afternoon at St. John’s, telling the province that he could not commit to another full term with a pencil choice for the fall.
The announcement occurs approximately one week after the resignation of Prince Eduardo’s island, Dennis King.
Marland says that the two can be connected in their short sections as relatively popular ministers, but will depend on sharing their true intentions with the province in time.
“Whether I can explain it correctly now or that it will have been noticing for years, no one can know these things, except people in the positions themselves,” said Marland.
“I don’t think people completely appreciate the amount of pressure and tension that are low. And if they say they leave because they have other things they want to do and have had enough, I believe them.”
Charlie Byrne, director of Global Public Affairs, says he was surprised by surprise on Tuesday.
Alex Marland says that the prime minister is still high after ensuring a histro hydroelectric agreement with Quebec. That is just one of the reasons why the political scientist says that nobody saw Andrew Furey’s resignation.
“This is certainly a surprise. I think that many people in Terranova and Labrador expected the prime minister to call a general election within a very close period, and there was no doubt that he was in his mind,” Byrne told CBC News Red Tuesday.
“I suppose that, at the end of the day, he made the decision that at this time it was time to announce that he was renouncing.”
The prime minister said Tuesday that he had achieved what he planned, and Byrne said Furey will be remembered for these achievements, such as navigating the province through the Covid-19 Pandemia, establishing an office in Ukraine to help people flee of the Russian invasion, the burial of an unknown soldier and a new treatment of Churchill Falls with Quebec.
“There has been much that has assumed in the last five years,” said Byrne. “It is something that perhaps other prime ministers have not been able to do in such a short time.”
The resignation brings ‘opposite’ to political stability
However, Furey’s departure arrives at a time of economic instability in Canada, driven by possible economic tariffs in the minds of US President Donald Trump that could be beaten as soon as Tuesday.
Furey has been a key defender of a United Canadian front against tariffs, serving as a voice on the national stage for months. Talking to journalists on Tuesday, Furey said Trump “did not have much” impact on his decision, but did not stop in his comments.
“It is clear, right? … the guy is broken,” Furey said. “Maybe I can speak more freely now.”
Marland said tariffs from the south of the border show that residents need political stability at this time, but believes that “we are obtaining the opposite of that.”
“You need someone who really can be very quiet to the helm. And in many ways, Prime Minister Furey was doing an excellent job and he is exactly who needs Newfoundland and Labrador in many ways,” he said.
“But now that he is leaving and has announced that he leaves, although it is not immediate, the reality is that the power of his office will decrease and now everyone will see that he really cannot advance an agenda.”
Furey’s departure also opens questions about where the agreement of the province with Quebec is directed.
The province plans to have a binding agreement in April 2026, and Byrne said that he is confident that the government of the future will maintain the agreement in motion.
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