According to a Sunday article in The Globe and Mail, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation this week due to growing dissension within his Liberal Party.
According to the Globe, which cited three unnamed people with knowledge of internal party affairs, Trudeau might make his declaration as early as Monday.
The Globe’s sources said the news would probably be made before to a national Liberal Party caucus on Wednesday.
According to the Globe, it was still unclear whether Trudeau would serve in a temporary role while the party looked for a new leader.
Trudeau’s popularity has waned in recent months, with his government narrowly surviving a series of no-confidence votes and critics calling for his resignation.
He has vowed to stay on to guide the Liberals to elections scheduled for October 2025, but has faced further pressure from US incoming president, Donald Trump, who has threatened a 25-percent tariff on Canadian goods.
The first explicit criticism of the prime leader within his cabinet came in December when Deputy Prime leader Chrystia Freeland resigned, arguing with Trudeau on how to react to Trump’s apparent agenda.
In an attempt to quell the political unrest, Trudeau announced a significant reorganization of his cabinet later that month, replacing one-third of his staff.
In an attempt to prevent a trade war, he went to Florida in November to speak with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
But since then the president-elect has also landed humiliating blows against Trudeau on social media, repeatedly calling him “governor” of Canada and declaring that the United States’ northern neighbor becoming the 51st US state is a “great idea.”
Trudeau swept to power in 2015, with a mop of dark curly hair and confident swagger, and led the Liberals to two more ballot box victories in 2019 and 2021.
But he now trails his main rival, Conservative Pierre Poilievre, by 20 points in public opinion polls.
Coming late to politics after working as a snowboard instructor, bartender, bouncer and teacher, Trudeau was first elected in 2008 to the House of Commons to represent a working-class Montreal neighborhood.
He forged a new trade agreement with the United States, implemented Senate reforms, and instituted a carbon tax to lower Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions during his first two years as prime minister.
In addition, the married father of three pushed legislation allowing medically assisted suicide, legalized cannabis, and conducted a public investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women.
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