Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has resigned from his role as well as that of the country’s ruling Liberal Party, which he has led since 2013.
He said he is stepping down to allow his party to choose a new leader and suspended parliament until March due to political deadlock.
Trudeau, who has been prime minister since 2015, faced calls to quit from a chorus of his MPs amid poor showings in opinion polls.
He came under further pressure after his finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned in December over clashes on policy including his handling of possible US tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
Trudeau’s resignation comes as the polls show his party is likely to suffer a heavy defeat to the official opposition Conservatives in an election that must be held by late October.
