Trudeau Announces He Will Resign as Canadian PM, Liberal Party Leader

Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he will resign as party leader and Prime Minister on Monday after The Globe and Mail (Center bias) reported on his rumored resignation.

The Details: Trudeau said he would remain as Prime Minister and party leader until he is replaced through a party election. The Globe and Mail cited three sources who said they expect Trudeau to resign between Monday and Wednesday.

For Context: Trudeau has served as PM for nine years but has grown increasingly unpopular in recent years. Calls for his resignation have come from Liberal members of parliament and intensified in December when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland abruptly resigned, citing disagreements with Trudeau on how to equip Canada for President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs. According to CBC (Lean Left bias), a December 23 polling aggregate showed Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre leading Trudeau by 23 points. 

How the Media Covered It: Reuters (Center bias) reported speaking to one of The Globe and Mail’s sources after it published its report. The Globe and Mail analyzed Canada’s political landscape, including how Trudeau could go about stepping down as the party’s leader and who could replace him. The Guardian (Left bias) chronicled Trudeau’s downfall, prominently noting “an acute housing crisis, high food prices and voter fatigue with incumbent politicians” as contributing factors. ZeroHedge (Lean Right bias) wrote that Trudeau has been worn down by the “everyday realities of governing,” noted the Canadian dollar’s downward trend, and included a conversation between conservative Canadian commentator Dr. Jordan Peterson and Poilievre.