The Prime Minister is staying on until the Liberals pick a new leader. Parliament will be prorogued until late March.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s time in office is coming to an end.
Trudeau has announced his resignation as Liberal Party Leader, which will set off a Liberal leadership race.
The winner of that race will become the next Prime Minister, since Parliament is being prorogued until March 24th.
As a result, Canada will be led by a lame-duck Prime Minister during trade negotiations with the United States.
There are also significant foreign interference concerns, given how open to manipulation the Liberal leadership process is:
And so, even in resigning, Justin Trudeau has managed to do so in the most self-serving way possible, weakening Canada at such a perilous time for our nation.
Spencer Fernando
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