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.

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.

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,