Trudeau Faces Calls to Exit With His Party Trailing in Polls

  • Canadian PM is blamed for rising prices, housing, fiscal woes
  • Conservatives hold double-digit lead under leader Poilievre
Justin Trudeau, in power since 2015, says he remains ‘enthusiastic and relentless’ about the work ahead of him as Canada’s prime minister.Photographer: Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg
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Slumping badly in opinion polls, with voters angry about housing and inflation, Justin Trudeau is facing calls to leave, even from stalwarts of his own political party.

The Canadian prime minister may not have to face voters until 2025, thanks to a power-sharing deal with a left-leaning opposition group, which gives him some runway to try to turn things around.