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TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government.

Trudeau said 鈥渋nternal battles鈥� mean that he 鈥渃annot be the best option鈥� in the next election. He planned to stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the Liberal Party is chosen.

An official familiar with the matter said Parliament, which had been due to resume Jan. 27, will be suspended until March 24. The timing will allow for a Liberal Party leadership race. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the matter publicly.

All three main opposition parties have said they plan to topple the Liberal Party in a no-confidence vote when Parliament resumes, so a spring election to pick a permanent replacement was almost assured.

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Trudeau came to power in 2015 after 10 years of Conservative Party rule, and had initially been hailed for returning the country to its liberal past. But the 53-year-old scion of one of Canada鈥檚 most famous prime ministers became deeply unpopular with voters in recent years over a range of issues, including the soaring cost of food and housing, and surging immigration.

The political upheaval comes at a difficult moment for Canada internationally. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods if the government does not stem what Trump calls a flow of migrants and drugs in the U.S. 鈥� even though far fewer of each crosses into the U.S. from Canada than from Mexico, which Trump has also threatened.

Canada is a major exporter of oil and natural gas to the U.S., which also relies on its northern neighbor for steel, aluminum and autos.

Trudeau has kept publicly mum in recent weeks, despite intensifying pressure for him to step down.

鈥淗is long silence following this political drama speaks volumes about the weakness of his current position,鈥� said Daniel B茅land, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal.

Canada鈥檚 former finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, announced her resignation from Trudeau鈥檚 Cabinet on Dec. 16., criticizing some of Trudeau鈥檚 economic priorities in the face of Trump鈥檚 threats. The move, which came shortly after the housing minister quit, stunned the country and raised questions about how much longer the increasingly unpopular Trudeau could stay in his job.

Freeland and Trudeau had disagreed about two recently announced policies: a temporary sales tax holiday on goods ranging from children鈥檚 clothes to beer, and plans to send every citizen a check for $250 Canadian ($174). Freeland, who was also deputy prime minister, said Canada could not afford 鈥渃ostly political gimmicks鈥� in the face of the tariffs threat.

鈥淥ur country is facing a grave challenge,鈥� Freeland wrote in her resignation letter. 鈥淭hat means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war.鈥漈rudeau had been planning to run for a fourth term in next year鈥檚 election, even in the face of rising discontent among Liberal Party members. The party recently suffered upsets in special elections in two districts in Toronto and Montreal that it has held for years. No Canadian prime minister in more than a century has won four straight terms.