Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation

Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister since 2015, announced his resignation on Monday, January 6. In difficulty in recent weeks, in the minority in Parliament, he is also leaving his post as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Justin Trudeau, however, remains Prime Minister until a successor is appointed.

I intend to resign as party leader and prime minister once the party has chosen its next leader », Declared Justin Trudeau in the capital Ottawa to the press. Nearly ten years after coming to power, the head of the Canadian government, 53, has been under pressure for weeks as legislative elections loom and his party is at its lowest in the polls.

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