Throughout the waning weeks of 2024, a growing chorus of Canadian lawmakers—including many members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Liberal Party—urged Canada’s embattled leader to “take a walk in the snow.

Trudeau announced that Canada’s Parliament would be suspended until March 24 to give his Liberal Party time to choose a new leader. Trudeau’s resignation comes before a federal parliamentary election that must happen by October 2025,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday after nearly a decade in power, bowing to rising discontent over his leadership and growing turmoil within his government signaled by the abrupt departure of his finance minister.