Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he will resign as party leader and prime minister following weeks of mounting pressure and criticism.
“I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after it selects its next leader,” he said at a news conference Monday.
Trudeau’s departure as prime minister and leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party would follow him leading the party for nearly 11 years and serving as prime minister for nine.
Trudeau has faced low poll numbers and pushback, and requests not to seek a fourth term by those in his own party.
Issues weighing against him include the high cost of housing and food, and his party losing two seats that it had held for decades in special elections last year.
Then in December, Canada’s deputy prime minister and finance minister abruptly resigned. In her resignation letter, Chrystia Freeland accused Trudeau of engaging in “costly political gimmicks” and not taking seriously the threat of a potential tariff war with the U.S.
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