Watch as Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau announces resignation
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Your support makes all the difference.Watch again as Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday (6 January).
It means the end of a nine-year stint in office and it came as pressure mounted from within his Liberal Party, which is trailing significantly behind the opposition Conservatives in the polls.
Trudeau made his announcement from his Rideau Cottage residence at 10:45am local time (15:45 UK time).
Sources had previously told The Globe and Mail that Trudea’s resignation was likely to happen before an emergency meeting for the Liberals on Wednesday.
The row inside Trudeau’s party broke out after US president-elect Donald Trump announced a proposal to introduce 25 percent tariffs on the country.
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