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Now, the Liberal Party will decide on its next leader by holding a contest to decide who will succeed Trudeau. Until they do so, Trudeau will remain prime minister.
Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down after nine years as Canadian prime minister in the face of a mounting set of crises, but stay in office until a replacement party leader is chosen.
Justin Trudeau, 53, announced that he's stepping down as the leader of Canada's Liberal Party. The party will choose a new leader. Once that happens, he'll step down as prime minister, he said.
Freeland and Trudeau in 2018. Chrystia Freeland was appointed Canada's deputy prime minister in 2019, following the re-election of Trudeau's government, and was the country's first female finance minister in 2020, and was often nicknamed the "minister of everything", and widely seen as a potential successor to Trudeau for the leadership of the Liberal Party.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down and let someone else take over.
[15] [18] According to Freeland, Trudeau was planning to replace her with former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney during a potential cabinet shuffle that week. [18] [19] Carney had been floated in media reports as a possible successor to Trudeau as Liberal leader, with him "taking steps" towards running for political office. [20] [21]
Trudeau's departure would leave the party without a permanent head at a tim. OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down ...
On 12 January 2021, Trudeau carried out a shuffle of his ministry. [21] [22] It came shortly after Innovation minister Navdeep Bains announced he intended to stand down from the government and not seek re-election at the 2021 Canadian federal election. [23] The shuffle spurred speculation of a snap election. [21] [22]