Canadian PM Trudeau likely to resign this week: report

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to announce he intends to step down, according to a source familiar with Trudeau’s thinking said.

While requesting anonymity, the sources spoke to Reuters and said Trudeau was likely to announce as early as Monday that he would quit as leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party.

The sources said they did not know definitely when Trudeau would announce his plans to leave. However, they said they expect it would happen before Wednesday’s emergency meeting of Liberal legislators.

A number of Liberal parliamentarians, alarmed by a series of gloomy elections, have publicly urged Trudeau to quit.

The prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.

The prime minister’s regularly published schedule for Monday said he would participate in a cabinet committee meeting on Canada-US ties.

It remains unclear if Trudeau will leave immediately or stay on as prime minister until a new Liberal leader is selected.