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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as leader of the Liberal Party after serving as prime minister for nearly a decade – a move that requires the party to choose a new leader ...
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.
Trudeau's options include staying on until a near-certain defeat in a no-confidence motion, probably in March, stepping down next month to allow the party to name an interim leader, or ending the ...
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.
2 February – Erin O'Toole is removed as the leader of the Conservative Party, and consequently as the Leader of the Official Opposition, in a caucus vote. [ 11 ] 21 February – The House of Commons votes to confirm the Emergencies Act , with 185 for and 151 opposing the motion.
Trudeau praised her as an “incredible political partner” of almost a decade, but expressed disappointment in her resignation. “Chrystia has been by my side for close to 10 years now.
Hours before the government's fall economic statement, Chrystia Freeland, the minister of finance and deputy prime minister, resigned due to her opposition to Trudeau's fiscal policy. [18] The move was unexpected, particularly since Freeland was seen as being very loyal, [19] [20] and led to further calls for Trudeau to step down. [21]