Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could announce his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party by January 8, the English-language daily Globe and Mail reported, citing several internal party sources.
Justin Trudeau may not match his father’s longevity at the head of the Canadian government. According to The Globe and Mailthe Canadian Prime Minister could announce his resignation from his post as leader of the Liberal Party on January 6.
The announcement must be made, reports the English-speaking daily, ahead of the national meeting of the Liberal Party scheduled for January 8 “so as not to give the impression that he was forced to leave.” THE Globe and Mailwhich relies on three internal party sources, emphasizes that Trudeau would face a “revolt” internally and that the “dismal” polls […] show that his party will probably be swept from power by Pierre Poilievre’s conservatives.
According to the sources of Globe and Mailit is “unclear” whether Trudeau would “immediately” leave his post as Prime Minister or wait for a successor to be designated by the party. A second lead supported by a fourth daily source. An option which, underlines the Globe and Maildispleases certain Liberal MPs who would like an interim leader.
According to this fourth source, if Trudeau were to resign, “it was not because the Prime Minister did not think he was the right person to lead the party, but rather because he had come to the conclusion that the caucus did not ‘was no longer behind him,’ relates the Globe and Mail.
During a speech delivered on December 17 to members of the Liberal Party and its supporters, Justin Trudeau declared that he did not intend to leave his post despite the changes within his government. The day before, his Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, had resigned. “Over the past few weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds over the best path forward for Canada,” she wrote to Trudeau in her resignation letter, relayed by Reuters.
On December 10, 2024, the Trudeau government survived a motion of censure, the third in three months, initiated by the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre.
In power since November 2015, MP since 2008, he emerged weakened from the federal elections of September 2021 which he had nevertheless called a month earlier in the hope of obtaining a majority.
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