Trudeau Announces Resignation: Canada's PM Steps Down
Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal leader and Prime Minister of Canada on January 6, 2025. Nine years in power — longer than any Liberal leader since Pearson. His poll numbers had collapsed. His own caucus was pushing him out. The trigger was Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's resignation in December, with a public letter accusing him of prioritizing politics over policy. He stayed on as caretaker PM while the party chose a successor. He left without a named heir, without a majority, and with an election coming.
January 6, 2025
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What Else Happened on January 6
Mit einer Ansprache an die Prätorianer eröffnet Kaiser Mark Aurel den römischen Feldzug im Ersten Markomannenkrieg.
Pope Stephen II crossed the Alps in winter — the first pope to do so — to meet Pepin III at Saint-Denis on January 6, 754. He re-anointed Pepin as King of the F…
au palais de Ponthion, entrevue entre le roi franc Pépin le Bref et le pape Étienne II.
Eine polnische Delegation kündigt in Allstedt dem ostfränkisch-deutschen König Heinrich II. das Kommen des polnischen Kronprinzen Mieszko II. Lambert an, der ei…
Knud Ier le Grand est proclamé roi d'Angleterre.
Pan American Airlines flew the first scheduled round-the-world commercial flight on January 6, 1947. The route took passengers from New York westward: San Franc…
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