Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to announce as early as Monday that he’ll resign as the leader of the Liberal Party, which controls the government; so reports the Globe and Mail, Canada’s most widely read newspaper, on Sunday.
Trudeau faces a revolt from his caucus and is falling out of favor with the public, and the party is worried it will be taken out by the Conservatives if they don’t change out Trudeau immediately.
“The sources stressed that they don’t know definitely when Mr. Trudeau will announce his plans to leave but said they expect it will happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday. The Globe and Mail is not identifying the sources because they were not authorized to discuss internal party matters,” the newspaper reported.
One source said Trudeau knows he needs to make the announcement before the caucus meeting so it doesn’t appear he was forced out by his own party members.
But during the last week of December, a letter was publicly published by Calgary, Alberta lawmaker George Chahal. It demanded Trudeau’s resignation on behalf of the caucus.
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau no longer has the support of caucus, and to maintain some dignity, he should immediately tender his resignation,” Chahal wrote to the Liberal Party caucus.
At the time the letter dropped on Dec. 27, Trudeau was on a skiing vacation in British Columbia.
“The three sources said they are unsure about what the Liberal Party national executive plans to do to replace Mr. Trudeau as leader. They said it remains unclear whether he will leave immediately or stay on as Prime Minister until a new leader is selected. The Liberal Party national executive, which decides on leadership issues, plans to meet this week, likely after the caucus session,” the newspaper said.
