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Originally Posted by timun
Eh, you run the risk of a lame-duck leader who gets destroyed anyway. Look at the PCs vis-à-vis Mulroney and Campbell. Mulroney jumping ship wouldn't have saved that election for them, the damage was already so far gone and done.
I'd also not keep Trudeau around in any capacity, when he finally does move along. Again: the PCs did that with Diefenbaker back in the day and it led to the party spending 20 years in opposition (save Clark's short minority government). Diefenbaker spent his last 12 years stabbing Robert Stanfield and Joe Clark in the back at pretty much every turn.
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I don't think they'd keep Trudeau around. It would be like if the CPC had kept Harper around despite knowing how fatigued Canadians were of him. I also don't think Trudeau's ego would let him stick around.
I'm not really sure what happens to Trudeau after his political career ends, and I think that's part of why he's hanging on to the bitter end.