Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a media availability on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 30, 2022.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants Canadians to believe that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation is just an attempt to “trick” them. That the same Liberal Party MPs and prospective successors who sought to topple Mr. Trudeau in recent weeks are as equally responsible for the country’s “brokenness” as their now-dethroned leader. And that their only aim in forcing his departure, and a prorogation of Parliament, is to preserve the Liberal reign.

“Their only objection is that he is no longer popular enough to win an election and keep them in power,” Mr. Poilievre said in a Monday video posted on X after Mr. Trudeau announced his intention to step down after a new Liberal leader is chosen. “They want to protect their pensions and paycheques by sweeping their hated leader under the rug months before an election to trick you, and then do it all over again.”

It is true that the top contenders to replace Mr. Trudeau – Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney – remain intimately associated with his policies, while all but a handful of Liberal MPs had stood........

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