Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces resignation

The World

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a public announcement — sharing his plan to resign following a massive decline in support and a high profile resignation from his Cabinet. The World’s Carolyn Beeler spoke to Tari Ajadi, a political scientist at McGill University who attributes the Canadian leader’s fall from grace to a political shift to the right — just as Donald Trump ascends to the presidency in the neighboring United States.

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