Justin Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader

Justin Trudeau is leaving the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada this morning, as confirmed by several sources, including CBC/Radio-Canada.

Although expected, this is a political and media bombshell.

Indeed, the resignation of a sitting Canadian Prime Minister is no small thing, and promises to shake up the political scene for weeks to come.

Justin Trudeau, already controversial within his own party and falling further and further behind in the polls, was never able to recover from Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from his caucus, after being at odds with her for several months.

Justin Trudeau first invited his troops to a special meeting on Monday morning (January 6), before calling on the press at 10:45.

The Globe and Mail first broke the news of Trudeau’s resignation on Sunday (January 5).