Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan is poised to announce that he will not seek re-election in the next federal race and will resign from his cabinet role, according to CTV.
O’Regan, a long-time close friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who was part of his wedding party in 2005, was initially elected to the House of Commons in 2015 and was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
The declaration would take place amid the Trudeau Liberals’ slide in public opinion polls and growing speculation about yet another possible cabinet reshuffle this summer. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is scheduled to convene on Friday.
The move would be the latest among a string of Liberal MPs to announce they’re quitting or not seeking re-election. In January, David Lametti, the former Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada, said he was resigning from his position, effective February 1st. And, in December 2023, longtime Liberal MP and former Minister, Carolyn Bennett, announced she was also resigning.
The Trudeau Liberals remain way down in the polls compared to the Poilievre Conservatives. A recent poll from Abacus Data reveals that 61 per cent of Canadians would prefer a change in government in the next federal election.
Another cabinet shuffle?
Last year, Trudeau pulled off a massive cabinet shuffle after his polling numbers first started to fall. The shuffle did nothing to help, though, and he continues to remain about 20 points under the Opposition Conservatives.
After last year’s cabinet shuffle, one Liberal MP told the Toronto Star it was like putting “lipstick on a pig.”
In 2017, Trudeau appointed O’Regan to the cabinet as minister of veterans affairs. O’Regan has since held various portfolios, including indigenous services, natural resources, labour, and seniors.
O’Regan represents the St. John’s South-Mount Pearl riding.
Keep up the honest reporting your team does. It is much appreciated. Hopefully when the new Federal Government is in power, all media will be equal.
I understand, and it’s unbelievable. My story has finally been published! This morning, my challenging encounter with the ‘swamp creatures’ went online.
Encl. https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/heresy
Never in the history of Canada have so many, over 35 million, suffered so greatly from the traitorous, evil, dunderheaded decisions of one colossal dolt, Trudeau and his complicit Liberal caucus!! Prediction: when we finally get rid of the Laurentian elitist trash from government, the overwhelming majority of Canadians will happily support declaring that day a National Holiday to be celebrated by the annual reduction of a minimum of 15% of all civil servants across Canada and 100% of all special interest groups and their funding!!
Glory to God and mercy, finally for overburdened taxpayers!!!
As another wedding party buddy, Marc Miller can’t be far behind.
Thanks for this forum! Politics in Canada – could it be more interesting?
Need more to jump off the ship…..Then a vote to remove Trudeau
Broken marriage…broken Canada!
Looks like some of them can actually read the “writing on the wall”
The Ottawa BUFFOON BOY is absolutely NOTHING but a pathetic puppet of the World Economic Fraud Fascists. Dementia man BIDEN is the exact same. They do not work for the countries they represent, they are destroying the countries under order of their ELITIST SCUMBAG MASTERS!!! They both want their countries populations to have NOTHING, by increasing the costs of everything so that nobody can afford to live and hence, ADOLPH H SCHWAB’S phrase that YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY will come to fruition!!!
All these ELITISTS, including the scumbags SOROS and his son and GATES all need to hang for CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY!!!
Well said. Very well said.
O’Regan not seeking re-election might be code for job complete. Is he one of the 11 nameless MPs? He vested time in, every department? O’Regan with $15 million from the federal government, we’re going to get Team Gushue done.
The rats are jumping ship.👍
Kat Kanada – yes it works, thank you for this forum!
Not worth to vote any Liberal.
Did you hear that Biden supposedly has Covid again? Five vaxes and still he gets sick, so they are saying. Think that may be how they actually get rid of him? Anybody out there to give it to Truedope? Maybe, if it can be used to dump Biden it could do us the same sort of favour!! We can always hope.
It’s a wonder he doesn’t go about masked.
Ah the rats jumping ship! The biggest rat will run to Costa Rica but they don’t even want him there. He’ll never be able to walk down the street again! EVER!
I am happy to hear that 16 MPs have chosen to not run for re-election again but the only thing that would make it better is to have all of them leave the Liberal caucus now so an election would be called.
O’Regan is really ‘Woke’. Where is he going now? NDP???? Conservatives should not welcome this man.
Hopefully this marks a continuing trend!
Yay, comments! Yes, rats, sinking ship, etc. We are in for a very interesting year leading up to the next election.
It has been made far too easy for JT to break those who oppose him. Whether there are Ethics complaints against him, or law suits against his infringements of Constitutional Charter Rights & Freedoms in the varous courts and judicial reviews, he can and does ignore them all because IT COSTS HIM NOTHING. Average citizens cannot afford the cost nor the time away from making a living which is evidently required to have gross infringements of personal Charter Rights and Freedoms heard and processed in a succession of courts, without public support.
Hopefully JT will stay on as PM and go down with the Liberal/NDP ship. After he becomes an average citizen once more, he must be brought to court and made to answer for his many crimes and misdemeanors against Canada and fellow Canadians – and like; Brian Peckford, Tamara Lich, Chris Barber, and Ezra Levant, BE OBLIGED TO PAY FOR HIS OWN LAWYERS!
And they should seize all his assets and finances that he “earned” while being the Crime Minister
Hey, hey, another rat leaving the sinking Lie-beral leaky tub. Does my comment qualify as an offense to the Turds online hams bill? Bring it on you rotten little trust fund baby.
“we’ll always have London” xoxo
O’Regan, like Guilbeault,is in Cabinet to make Trudeau look intelligent and moderate by comparison. No other reason I can see.
What!!! Nothing makes Trudeau look good!
O’Regan, Guilbeault, and Trudope in the same sentence as the word “intelligent”? O’Regan seems to be beating JT in being a ‘perverse momma’s boy’, and Guilbeault, partially exceeds Justin as a ‘scientifically illiterate eco-terrorist’. All 3-stooges are in competition for best in show as ‘hater of God and country’. As far as “moderate”, that is not a concept familiar to any Libeler or NDPee-r.
Hey O’Regan,
You’ve shamed your riding constituents and all Canadians for years.
Hold the door for the other rats leaving the ship.
Don’t forget to steal the silverware
Testing 1 2 3.
Now 3-2-1 Kaboom goes the Libs.
Seamus Lad, You have disgraced your beautiful province of Newfoundland by not standing up with the integrity of its people that its known for. ( Rex Murphy R.I.P.)
You should never have joined this traitorous band. Shame Seamus on you.
Agree, all of the Liberal and NDP MP are a disgrace to our supposed Democratic Country. They have enabled Trudeau, I hope they all lose their seats. Shame on Seamus.
I hope the door hits you in the ass on way out shameless
Rather than tribally rallying around oceans or left or right, we should be looking at what is destructive and what it’s constructive. This government has been destructive in so many ways. Another issue is that they along with their corporate partners have Felic our resources, and I think we should get all of that money back.
Here is my comment: I am glad to hear that Seamus O’Regan is thinking of leaving the Liberals. I would like to see them replaced by a new government, yet I am not nearly as happy with the thought that Justin Trudeau might resign. I think we would find that Chrystia Freeland would be only too glad to replace him, and that would be like going from the frying pan into the fire for Canadians. Much work must be done in the future to restore our dear country to its former integrity. Also, we need that integrity to be reflected in our political representatives, people who pledge to restore and maintain our democracy and its values, not those politicians who would sell Canadians out to the wiles of the World Health Organization, World Economic Forum, and other such globalist entities. Many government officials need to be held accountable for forsaking Canadians throughout the covid-19 years and beyond, and deserve prison time for their outrageous overreach of our charter rights and freedoms. Even with a respectful new government, it will take time for Canada to recover from its currently sad position.
Good riddance!
I wish there were some way of preventing their continued freeloading on the Canadian taxpayers after they leave office….
All the libs must know they have no chance of winning the next election. Every one of them will lose their seats. Trudeau might be the only dumb one to seek election, while lost in his delusional narcissistic mind.
Liberals and NDP have sickened this country; time to replace representatives that work of us.
Hello CSIS. Pay very close attention. Everything valued as freedom depends upon it.
How will you answer in the end? With lies and cowardice?
The sooner we get rid of Turdo and his minions, the better for Canada and Canadians!
Hey Oreagan , close the door on your way out, please.
I agree with Terrence Thomas. Kevin O’Leary, also known as “Mr. Wonderful” or “Maple Man,” is a Canadian businessman who is not afraid to tell people like Trudeau and Freeland that they are incompetent idiots who are ruining Canada’s future.
I’m not impressed with any of the FORMER reporter from the MSM. Seamus is no surprise, He’s just covering his A$$ by resigning rather than facing the consequences of being with that Liberal Clown Circus.
I appreciate all the REAL news from the Counter Signal.
I’ve always followed along, I’d rather read the News, than Post my comment .
Wasn’t it Seamus that was caught weeping at the back of the ceremony when Trudeau got married? Or was that at Ben Mulroney’s wedding. It’s all so strange and queer.
There are many things that I would like to say, but unfortunately, freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of person, no longer exist in Canada for many individuals like myself. The “cancel culture” threat is still very much alive and in full force. They have doubled down. There are severe consequences (ie. loss of employment) for certain types of employees that share their thoughts or comments (“unacceptable views”) on social medial, or who speak poorly of the current government and/or the policy decision they are implementing. Many Canadian still remain silent, due to a very real and serious fear of reprisal (for simply voicing an opinion).
My employer is now conducting social media searches of all its employees to seek out and disavow those who speak ill of Mr. Trudeau, the Liberal/NDP coalition, or their policies. The employees of the organization to which I belong were recently all forced to provide written consent for them to conduct these social media background checks, or, be terminated for failing to provide such written consent. Not much of a choice is it? This “coerced consent” applied to everyone affiliated with my organization, including those who have held their position for 30-years! Welcome to communist Canada! So for now, I, and most of my colleagues, have no choice but to sit on the sidelines and wait for this nightmare to end. The only good news is that our voice will be heard very loud & clear come election day 2025! (Unless of course,…the Canadian people are somehow denied that freedom & democratic right also).
I just wanted to take this opportunity to say “thank you” to you and the entire Counter Signal team for the terrific work that you do every day, and to let you know how highly valued and respected you are by the Canadian people for the courage you have shown in speaking the truth, trying to hold the government to account, and for all your efforts to help restore Canada back to its former glory. You are viewed as “champions of freedom”, and may God bless you all. It must be said,…that it is only through the courage and integrity that your team has exemplified (and a few other media organizations like yours), that freedom and democracy can once again be restored back to the Canadian people.
Please tell us the name of that despicable freedom hating country so we can make sure never to do business with them.
Well said. True dope has taken over our freedom of speech. I count on the Counter signal to bring us the true news.
And, HOW WILL, Trudeau and his band of Crimes Against Humanity cult be held accountable for their part in the last three years and counting; the poison jab is a ticking time bomb in every person that didn’t get the placebo. Then there the discussion about the blood supply that is now poisoned because of this “trash can cocktail” that was forced upon Canadians, the coercion, the threats, the job losses, intimidation, segregation along with life long harm and deaths that have already occured, all because of fraud, lies, and compromised governments, coast to coast.
I agree. This is the first comment I have read which mentions the contaminated blood supply since the shots and their gain of function requirements. Those who have remained healthy without having taken the shots will need to STAY healthy so that blood transfusions won’t be needed. For now, only those who took the shots are safe in trusting our blood banks. Those involved in creating the covid-19 debacle must be prosecuted, and take responsibility for their actions.
I couldn’t be happier at thought of never hearing the name Seamus O’Regan ever again.
How about NEVER hearing the name Trudeau again. Isn’t that an even happier thought?
MPs are certainly complicit and need to go but why no focus on Senators? Our chamber of second sober thought has to carry some of the responsibility for our current situation and we need to shed a little light on their little rubber stamps
Until we have electoral reform our country is doomed to have people in power that the majority of the country don’t want. The first past the post system is a failure. Also, the Senate and House should be positions that are voted in, not appointed by whoever the PM of the day is who will stack the positions with their own party’s members. There should be an equal number of representative parties in those positions so that no one party can railroad in whatever policies suit their purposes.
Notice that all of the “rats” jumping ship are white?
How many ethnicities are bailing out?
ahhhh…you are aware of the replacement of greatness as they would like to think it is.
LOL, that almost qualifies as a racist joke. But will Black-face Trudeau get it?
The best thing that could possibly happen to Turdeau is for him to wind up alone and disgraced by his Party. Of course a jail sentence would be the icing on the cake.
Butts and Telford will stick by him through thick and thin. It’s literally all they’ve got.
How about a military tribunal and execution like happened to Nicolae Ceausescu?
I hope he stays on – easier to win a majority which is needed to get rid of NDP, Bloc and Green.
Justin, you obviously entered this race years ago for a very large sum of money, for the purpose of putting Canada into Klaus Schwab’s hands. People in Canada have come to know you so well. We know you are lieing because your lips are moving. You don’t seem to recognize how transparent you are. You only got in because of corruption at the polls. Canadians have never voted you in and they never will. Your time is up and I expect you won’t give up, as long as those millions are rolling in. You have opened our borders to criminals mingling amongst us and China is loving your treasonous attitude toward us, as you sell OUR land to them. Your corrupt days are numbered. Resigning as soon as possible would be your best choice to save face…..a face that isn’t as attractive as you think, …..too many lies emanating from it. Bye-bye Justin. You couldn’t even clean up your act to save your own family. Why would you think any Canadian trusts you? Treason is dancing with incarceration, ….just so you know.
And let’s not forget the big part Jughead Singh and his gang played and continues to play in the destruction of this once great Country.
Seize the Trudeau Foundation and other thefts from Canadian taxpayers to pay down the Trudeau created national debt.
BAILING OUT….NOT SURPRISED.
A few gone but more to go. Freeland & Guilbeault next would be nice.
Guilbeault will never leave his side. He wouldn’t have been let anywhere near the front gates by any other leader.
Yes! I would say, gone right away, before they can do any more damage.