“As you know, I am a “fighter” […] But, I do this job because the interests of Canadians and the well-being of our country, of our democracy are important to me and it has become clear that I cannot be the leader in the next elections because of the internal battles.”
On Monday, January 6, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, announced that he was resigning from his role as leader of the Liberal Party, reports Duty. This resignation will be effective “when his party has found a replacement”specifies the Quebec media, Trudeau remaining Prime Minister until then.
“At the lowest point in the polls and disowned by some within his own camp, Justin Trudeau begins a decisive week in Ottawa”wrote a few hours earlier -.
Signs of an imminent decision had appeared by mid-December, says The Montreal Journalwhen his office announced that it was canceling all end-of-year review interviews. According to the national broadcaster, Mr. Trudeau, in power since 2015, “took the time during the holiday season to reflect on his political future, as his father had done some forty years earlier”. Former Prime Minister Pierre-Elliot Trudeau
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