As a result of declining polls and internal strife, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, stating that he will step down as soon as his party selects a new leader.
In 2024, Trudeau’s standing within the ruling Liberal party started to erode after more than nine years in office as a result of growing public disapproval centered on the growing cost of living.
Chrystia Freeland, his deputy prime minister and finance minister, abruptly left last month, further undermining his authority.
“I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader,” Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa following a slow-rolling political crisis that saw top Liberal allies urge him to quit.
The 53-year-old Trudeau’s tenure as a caretaker premier was not immediately evident.
The Liberal leadership contest, he said, will be “a robust, nationwide competitive process.”
As a result, Trudeau will remain in charge of Canada when Donald Trump, the incoming US president, assumes office this month. Trump will be responsible for spearheading Canada’s initial reaction to the new US government, which may include a trade war.
Trudeau has threatened to react against Trump’s proposal to put 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian imports, which could have disastrous effects for the country’s economy.
The US president-elect reacted to Trudeau’s quitting by again airing his unlikely proposal that Canada should merge with its southern neighbor.
“Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!” he wrote on social media.
Trudeau was hailed as a “stalwart friend” of the United States by the departing government of US President Joe Biden.
As Canada and its citizens choose a new leader, Washington will “stand with” them, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said reporters.
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