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One thing people need to understand about Justin Trudeau's "resignation" is that it actually prolonged his regime.

Things were looking like his regime was going to effectively end by March and we would be into another election. By proroguing parliament and holding a new leadership race, he's effectively set himself up to hold onto power until the next election.

His resignation was a political move, and one that he himself criticized in his predecessor, Stephen Harper, who prorogued parliament on December 30, 2009 to prevent his failing government from facing a non-confidence vote. In their 2015 platform they called this practice out directly, and in 2017 as part of government the Liberals claimed they were still dedicated to not using the practice.[1] In fact, to make the point Trudeau refused to prorogue his parliament for the entire 4 year term, which is unprecedented. (He's on video somewhere chirping Harper, but it's amazing to say that every piece of video from that era that could look bad for the left magically disappears)

His second term was no longer a cozy majority, so he prorogued parliament in 2020, shutting down investigations into the fact that he's a corrupt piece of garbage. So it isn't like this is a new thing.

Regardless, we're stuck until March now, and it'll take time to get the no confidence motion through, by the time the election starts we're not going to be far from the election we were supposed to have anyway by law. And Trudeau will have escaped the personal defeat he so richly deserves.

[1] https://www.canada.ca/en/leader-government-house-commons/services/reform-standing-orders-house-commons/2017/march.html

[2] https://www.parl.ca/Committees/en/AMAD?parl=42&session=1

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