Shortly after the conclusion of the Liberal leadership vote today Justin Trudeau will probably submit his resignation as Prime Minister to Governor General Mary Simon.
The purpose of this message is to engage as many Canadians as possible in urging her NOT to accept it.
Instead I urge her to request Mr Trudeau to seek parliamentary support for a GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY along similar lines to that which was led in the UK by Winston Churchill through the crisis of the Second World War. This government should include all parties and stay in power until the current existential threat to our nation is resolved. Unlike the UK WWII situation it would have the advantage of a Prime Minister who has explicitly excluded himself from subsequently seeking a return to office (and for those seeking a change of government it should be noted that once the crisis was averted the UK did indeed transfer power to the party that had previously been in opposition but agreed to join in the unity government until the existential threat was resolved).