Trudeau announced that Canada’s Parliament would be suspended until March 24 to give his Liberal Party time to choose a new leader. Trudeau’s resignation comes before a federal parliamentary election that must happen by October 2025,

He was once a man of great promise, but now the Canadian Prime Minister, who resigned this week, leaves the stage in tatters

By suspending Parliament and promising to resign, the prime minister bought the Liberals time. But Canada will now face Donald J. Trump with a lame duck in charge.

Another possible candidate is the new finance minister, Dominic LeBlanc. The former public safety minister, and a close friend of Trudeau, LeBlanc recently joined the prime minister at a dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. LeBlanc was Trudeau’s babysitter when Trudeau was a child.

Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support from both within his party and in the country.

Justin Trudeau’s resignation sparked a nationwide contest to replace him as Prime Minister of Canada, with several top candidates emerging from the Liberal Party.

Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Monday he intended to step down. The name of the winner will be released on March 9.

Throughout the waning weeks of 2024, a growing chorus of Canadian lawmakers—including many members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Liberal Party—urged Canada’s embattled leader to “take a walk in the snow.