Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau announced he’s stepping down after nearly a decade in power but he’s not leaving office right away and Canada’s not heading to an election quite yet so here’s what happens now Parliament has been prorogued essentially suspended until March 24th meaning opposition parties who had planned on unveiling non-confidence motions to bring down the Trudeau government will have to wait the challenge for the liberal party will be to choose a new leader before Canadians head to the polls which will happen by October at the latest it will be a nightmare scenario for the Liberals to fight in the next election with Trudeau still in charge so who’s eyeing the top spot former Finance Minister Christia Freeland and Mark Carney former governor of the Bank of Canada and the bank of England are two potential candidates in the race to replace Trudeau Innovation Minister fris Philip champagne transport Minister Anita Anand and foreign affairs minister Melanie Jolie could also run it’ll be a tough task though polls strongly show the Liberals are set to lose the election no matter who their leader is find full coverage of trudo’s resignation at reuters.com