Justin Trudeau considered stepping down last year [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contemplated stepping down while “undefeated” last year, but ultimately decided that he “can’t” walk away at a time when he thinks the stakes are higher than ever.

In an interview on the “ReThinking” podcast published earlier this week, host and psychologist Adam Grant asked the prime minister about how often he thinks about quitting.

“These days, not at all,” Trudeau said.

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“There was a moment last year, as I was facing some difficult moments in my marriage, where I really wondered, ‘OK, is there a path?’ And I just realized, that’s not me,” he said.

“There is so much to do still, and the stakes are higher in some ways for our democracies than ever before,” the prime minister continued.

“The need to try and hold things together in a rational discourse … doing things that are meaningful and are going to nudge the arc of the moral universe …