[canadiantim]

Not a rumour, it's happening in plain sight. Why would Trudeau call that Toronto byelection end of June? He had plenty of time. He called it in June because the latest he could step down was July in order to have time for a leadership race before the next election. The reason the byelection will precipitate his resignation is it will be a bellweather performance in a traditional liberal stronghold, which will almost certainly show vast liberal underperformance leading to Trudeau's resignation. Among the factors are Trudeau's plummeting approval rates that are stuck very low, Liberal polling currently near 20%, far below the conservatives, also this riding is the 5th most populous riding for Jewish votes in Canada, who from what I understand are none too happy with Trudeau's stance on what's happening in Gaza. So it's less a rumour than a foregone conclusion, in my opinion.