Over 100 prominent Canadian business leaders have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the prorogation of Parliament and reinstate a fully functioning government to address escalating threats from the US administration. The letter, sent on Tuesday, highlights the current period of turmoil and uncertainty facing Canada, citing President Donald Trump's impending tariffs and threats to acquire Canada as the 51st state.
More than 100 prominent Canadian business leaders have signed a letter calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the prorogation of Parliament and reinstate the government at its full, functioning capacity to address threats from the U.S. administration.
The letter, sent on Tuesday, demands a sitting Parliament to productively address the “period of turmoil and uncertainty,” Canada is facing. Canadians who signed it include leaders at the helm of companies such as Borrowell, Grammarly, DavidsTea Inc., Deep Sky, Knix and PointClickCare. Beginning with Jan. 6, when Mr. Trudeau announced his resignation and the prorogation of Parliament, the letter breaks down a timeline of events, including President Donald Trump’s impending steep tariffs on imports from Canada and threats to acquire Canada as the 51st state.
“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 letter states. “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.”, many of whom signed the letter. The prorogation of Parliament left many of the policies they were anticipating in limbo.
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