Tue Jan 07 02:26:30 UTC 2025: ## Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to Resign

**Ottawa, January 7, 2025** – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, stating he will step down in the coming months after nine years in office. His decision follows dismal pre-election polling numbers for the Liberal Party.

Trudeau will remain Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader until a new leader is chosen through a party convention, a process that could take months. This delays a potential no-confidence vote by opposition parties, originally planned for late January, until at least May. Parliament has been prorogued until March 24th.

While a snap election is now unlikely before May, several scenarios could still trigger an early election. These include a no-confidence vote on the government’s spending measures (potentially in late March), a vote on the annual budget (likely in April), or the possibility of the Liberal Party taking too long to select a new leader.

Several potential candidates to succeed Trudeau have been mentioned, including Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, Transport Minister Anita Anand, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

Although polls suggest a Liberal defeat in the next election, regardless of leadership, the party hopes a change at the helm might lessen the scale of the loss. The Governor General, Mary Simon, holds the ultimate constitutional power but is unlikely to remove Trudeau while he retains the confidence of the House of Commons.

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