Trudeau being under growing pressure from within his party to step down, he resigns as leader of Canada’s governing party and prime minister.Trudeau says in a news conference in Ottawa that he will stay on as PM until a new Liberal Party leader is chosen.

Trudeau has faced growing pressure to step down since the December resignation of one of his closest cabinet allies, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.Trudeau, who has been Liberal chief since 2013 and prime minister since 2015, has also borne the brunt of public anger over a housing crisis and lack of affordability in recent years.

His resignation leaves the Liberals scrambling to select a permanent head at a time when polls show the party will badly lose to the opposition Conservatives in an election that must be held by late October.

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