Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, citing internal party struggles and the need to offer Canadians a real choice in the next election. He will remain as prime minister until a new leader is chosen.
PM’s boyish charisma was not enough to reassure Canadians facing rising housing prices, groceries inflation and the prospect of huge tariffs imposed by the US
President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, in June 2019. Photograph: Erin Schaff/The New York Times Just shy of a decade on, his popularity had plunged among Canadians. “I think part of it is that he stayed too long,” said Lori Turnbull, a professor of political science at Dalhousie University, pointing to those who opposed his pandemic-era restrictions, and affordability issues that had steadily chipped away at his popularity over the past two years. “He could have read the writing on the wall and walked away, but that is not the way he operates. He has his own vision.
Political run: Leo Varadkar jogging with Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in Phoenix Park, in Dublin, in 2017. Photograph: Leo Varadkar/Twitter When Trudeau first entered politics, his critics scrambled to define him, describing his teaching experience and stints working in youth advocacy and as a snowboard instructor as part of a CV that was “too thin” for a political leader. The criticisms seemingly failed to land, as many in the country voted to allow him the chance to write his own story.
Trudeau left behind a mixed legacy; one dotted with progressive wins but which also fell short of the ambitious promises that fuelled his rise to power, said Semra Sevi, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto.
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