Justin Trudeau has officially resigned as Prime Minister of Canada.

Justin Trudeau has resigned as leader of Canada’s governing party after nearly a decade as prime minister.

Trudeau, however, said in a news conference in Ottawa that he will stay on as PM until a new Liberal Party leader is chosen.

“This country deserves a real choice” at the next election, he says, announcing that parliament will be prorogued until 24 March.

Trudeau had been undergoing pressure from within his party and elsewhere to step down