On Jan. 6, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would be resigning as leader of the Liberal Party and head of the federal government. The immediate catalyst of his decision was the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, a longtime ally, over internal policy disputes three weeks before. But it also followed months of mounting pressure, as Trudeau’s popularity rate plummeted to an all-time low of 22 percent in late December 2024.