Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, three sources said Sunday, as the Prime Minister faces a caucus revolt and dismal public opinion polls that show his party will likely be swept out of power by Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives in a landslide victory.
The sources stressed that they don't know definitely when Mr. Trudeau will announce his plans to leave but said they expect it will happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday. The Globe and Mail is not identifying the sources because they were not authorized to discuss internal party matters.
One of the sources, who spoke recently to the Prime Minister, said Mr. Trudeau realizes he needs to make an announcement before he meets the Liberal caucus so it doesn't look like he was forced out by his own MPs.
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We'll see. It could be in a few months.
This is a terrible idea by the Liberal Party.
They'll get slaughtered come election time, and any replacement won't be able to 'rebrand' themselves enough to win the next election.
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Aren't they fricked either way then? It would make sense for him to resign and let someone else take the loss.
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I wish he stays on.
Pierre and Smith should publicly beg him to stay, otherwise their favourite scapegoat is gone and they might have to admit error.
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