The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, will provide an update on his political future at Rideau Cottage today at 10:45 a.m.
His office invited the media to his official residence in Ottawa in an email sent to parliamentary journalists shortly before 9 a.m. Monday morning. Justin Trudeau must make an announcement, then answer questions from media representatives.
The Liberal is expected to announce his resignation, as reported Sunday evening by the Toronto dailies Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.
The resounding resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland last December, along with that of other ministers, dealt a blow to the Prime Minister’s leadership. He insisted for several months that he would seek a new mandate in the next elections, including in his only end-of-year interview given to the comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, on the CBC network, shortly before the political crisis. .
-It is still unclear whether his departure will result in a leadership race or the appointment of an interim leader. On Saturday, several media reported that the former governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, had already started calling Liberal MPs to prepare his candidacy for leadership.
More details will follow.
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