The information has come from the Globe and Mail. It is a Canadian news publishing media outlet that has suggested that PM Trudeau can make his announcement of ending his nine-year tenure earlier on Monday, December 6, 2025. Meanwhile, Trudeau didn’t make any official comment on the matter yet.
National Liberal Party Caucus Meeting
As per the sources, the announcement of his resignation is expected to come ahead of a national Liberal Party’s Caucus meeting on Wednesday. The caucus is a special meeting called amid the increasing calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign as a party leader. The meeting will start at 11 am and is expected to last up to six hours. It will be held in Ottawa.
Fall of Justin Trudeau
PM Trudeau has been facing significant pressure to resign from his own Liberal party since last month. This comes after the finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, abruptly stepped down from her position, criticizing his handling of the budget.
Trudeau has been leading the country for nearly a decade. However, he has become unpopular in recent years over a wide range of issues, including the high cost of living and rising inflation.
The pressure on his resignation is mounted after the loss of traditionally safe seats in by-elections in June 2024 and a series of low approval ratings. This made the Liberal lawmakers concerned about the party’s declining popularity, and they called for a leadership change.
According to the reports, there is no formal mechanism for his party to force him out, but the growing calls for his resignation are making his position untenable.
Trudeau can either immediately resign or stay on as prime minister until the Liberal Party makers elect a new leader. The Liberal Finance Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, has been approached to serve as the interim leader through his presidency to lead the party over the complicated matters.
What is Contributing to Trudeau’s likely Exit?
According to the reports, the current polls have predicted that Trudeau’s party would heavily lose against the opposition, the Conservative Party of Canada in the next election, expected to take place by late October. Trudeau has been involved in a major corruption scandal involving the now-defunct Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). This scandal revolves around the allegations of mismanagement and misuse of public funds. He has been consistently under pressure from the elected lawmakers of his party to quit his position. This has become more intensified after Chrystia Freeland’s step down from the position of finance minister on December 16, 2024. Over 20 liberal members of Parliament have publicly called for Trudeau to quit and said that the Prime Minister has no choice but to leave. He has been accused of leveraging allegations against India to secure political support from his Khalistani Vote Bank.
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