Canada's Justin Trudeau announces plan to quit as party leader and prime minister

Canadian prime minister has confirmed he is stepping down as head of the Liberal Party of Canada. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau said he will stay on until the party can appoint his replacement. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process,” Trudeau said. Calls for him to step aside have grown since December, when one of Trudeau’s closest cabinet allies, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, resigned after she pushed back against his proposals for more spending. Trudeau also told reporters that he received approval from the governor general – the representative of the British Crown in Canada – to prorogue Parliament until March 24. That means that parliamentary activities will be suspended. Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from Washington, DC. And to discuss this more with Jeffrey Dvorkin, a political commentator and senior fellow with Massey College at the University of Toronto. He joins us now from Toronto to discuss the latest developments. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Canada #JustinTrudeau #Trudeau #CanadaPolitics #Ottawa #CanadianParliament #CanadianPrimeMinister #CanadianParliament #TudeauResigns

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