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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses a successor. Trudeau, who was first elected on Oct. 19, 2015, steps down after nearly a decade in power. Here are the key pieces of his political legacy.

Some legacy.

Good take.

"What’s happening in Canadian politics is not happening in a vacuum. It is a symptom of a much broader phenomenon. Call it the great crack-up of the old consensus.

The old consensus held that immigration was an absolute good, with multiculturalism the end goal. Arguments…

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) January 7, 2025

Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would resign was the last card that Canada’s deeply unpopular prime minister, who had set his party on course to lose a national election, had left to play.

The political levers he has pulled will give Mr. Trudeau’s Liberal Party a chance to reinvent itself without him. But they will also leave Canada weakened as it braces for President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has threatened the country with tariffs that could cripple its economy.

It appears to be a gamble that Mr. Trudeau is willing to take.

He’s a hateful narcissist.

Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, said he’s considering entering the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister.

Carney said he’s “encouraged and honored by the support that I’ve already been hearing” from Liberal lawmakers and supporters “who want us to move forward with positive change and a winning economic plan.”

“I’ll be considering this decision closely with my family over the coming few days,” Carney, 59, said in a statement emailed by a spokesperson.

At 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally put the country out of its misery and resigned.

Sort of.

“I intend to resign as party leader and prime minister after the party selects its next leader in a robust, competitive nationwide process,” he announced. And how long will that take? Over two months, by the sound of it. Because prior to announcing his resignation, the prime minister also asked the Governor General to prorogue Parliament until March 24.

Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he would step down as Canada’s prime minister was expected after he faced political struggles in recent months, but it nonetheless represented a stunning fall for a leader once so beloved that his diplomatic meetings were marked by fans lining up to take selfies with him.

Here is a look at his political rise and fall, which has played out over the past 25 years.

The much-anticipated resignation of Prime Minister Trudeau has happened. Sort of.

There is still a lot of ambiguity about what Trudeau’s resignation means and when he will officially step down as party leader. He stated he would leave when the Liberal Party selects a new leader.

Does that mean an interim leader? If so, that could happen as early as Jan. 8. Trudeau still has a caucus meeting this week and members could demand he steps aside sooner rather than later so they can appoint someone to fill the role during a leadership race.

Justin Trudeau’s announcement this morning demonstrated once again that he is never at fault, and that his own interests take precedence over the good of Canada, and Canadians. While today wasn’t the official end of Justin Trudeau’s political career, you can see it from here.

While I personally think it would have been preferable to see the Liberal leader repudiated in a general election, ultimately any mechanism which ends the tenure of the most divisive, ineffectual and destructive prime minister this country has ever seen, should be seized and celebrated.

After nearly a decade in Canada’s highest office, far-left Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, leaving behind a legacy of ruin and chaos.

“I intend to resign as party leader [and] as prime minister after the [Liberal Party] selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process,” Trudeau said during a Monday press conference. “This country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me that if I’m having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election.”

Donald Trump says Justin Trudeau is stepping down because he was scared about the U.S. president-elect’s proposed tariffs.

JUST IN: Donald Trump takes a victory lap, once again calls on Canada to become the 51st state of the United States after Justin Trudeau announced his resignation.

"Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State." pic.twitter.com/XyYW7wktHx

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 6, 2025