This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Canadian politics post-Trudeau’ Kasia Broussalian Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday, January 8th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

The resort is the “Center of the Universe,” Trump declared on social media Friday, adding, “Bill Gates asked to come, tonight.” Representatives for Trump and Gates didn’t clarify if the Microsoft co-founder did indeed join the parade of figures making the trip to Mar-a-Lago.

Justin Trudeau’s resignation sparked a nationwide contest to replace him as Prime Minister of Canada, with several top candidates emerging from the Liberal Party.

It’s unclear if Aileen Cannon even had the authority to make such a decision.

US billionaire Elon Musk went after Canada PM Justin Trudeau after the latter dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump's plan to annex Canada. Reacting to Trudeau's post on X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk wrote, "Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore, so it doesn’t matter what you say."

In a rambling news conference yesterday, Trump refused to rule out the use of military or economic coercion to force Panama to give up control of the canal that the U.S. built more than a century ago or to compel Denmark to sell Greenland.

The Canadian Prime Minister will no longer lead the Liberal Party, and there are reasons to worry about what will happen if the Conservatives win the next election.

It's Mr. Biden's first visit to the country since he took office, and he'll be holding a news conference Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss challenges both countries are facing.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support both within his party and in the country

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday ... governor of both the Bank of England and Bank of Canada Mark Carney, foreign minister Mélanie Joly, and former deputy ...

Canada's next election must take place by late October, and Trudeau's resignation could lead to calls for it to be held quickly to ensure a new government is in place to deal with the incoming U.S ...