Canada's Trudeau says he'll step down after new Liberal party leader named

With election unlikely before May, prime minister will still be in office when Trump returns

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters from his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa on Jan. 6. © Reuters

OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years in office but will stay on in his post until the party chooses a replacement.

Trudeau, under heavy pressure from Liberal legislators to quit amid polls showing the party will be crushed at the next election, said at a news conference that Parliament would be suspended until March 24.

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