>I hadn't heard that this was likely to happen. Any Canadians here able to weigh on whether this was expected or is a normal procedure for your elected official

>I hadn't heard that this was likely to happen. Any Canadians here able to weigh on whether this was expected or is a normal procedure for your elected officials? For many months liberal backbenchers have been calling for him to resign. Though obviously not 'likely to happen' Only weeks ago(mid december) Trudeau refused his own caucus' call to resign. Saying he was staying on to fight for Canadians. Freeland quit with a flaming public letter and he still said he's staying in the game. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-renew-calls-trudeau-resign-1.7412642 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-renew-calls-trudea... Didnt really do much, it took weeks more before he finally resigned yesterday. Despite this, still no resignation. Now parliament has been mostly suspended due to the liberal's failure to submit documents. A significant scandal. The reason his caucus is upset is because the vast majority of them will lose in the next election. Polling suggesting they hold onto ~20 seats in an Ignatief level of fail. Resignation will still be quite unlikely. From a strategic point of view, taking the L election night and then letting a new liberal leader rebuild their reputation over 4 years is the right move. You'll now have a leadership race where nobody wants the career ending job. The rats that try to fight for it just want their name as prime minister. Yet here he finally resigned. Change Control dictates it was the gun ban. The polls post-gun ban put the liberals in single digit seats. It was over for him. The gun ban ended Trudeau.