By Gursimran Kaur
January 6, 2025 — 1.08pm
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early
as Monday (Canada time) that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader,
The Globe and Mail reported, citing three sources.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Credit: AP
The sources [1]told the Globe and Mail that they don’t know definitely
when Trudeau will announce his plans to leave but said they expect it
will happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday.
It remains unclear whether Trudeau will leave immediately or stay on as
prime minister until a new leader is selected, the report said.
Trudeau took over as Liberal leader in 2013 when the party was in deep
trouble and had been reduced to third place in the House of Commons for
the first time.
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Trudeau’s departure would leave the party without a permanent head at a
time when polls show the Liberals will badly lose to the Conservatives
in an election that must be held by late October.
His resignation is likely to spur fresh calls for a quick election to
put in place a government [2]able to deal with the administration of
President-elect Donald Trump for the next four years.
The prime minister has discussed with Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc
whether he would be willing to step in as interim leader and prime
minister, one source told the newspaper, adding that this would be
unworkable if LeBlanc plans to run for the leadership.
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References
1.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-expected-to-announce-resignation-before-national-caucus/
2.
https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5kusa
