Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a recent podcast that he considered walking away from the job last year as his marriage began to fracture. Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, announced last August that they had agreed to separate. WATCH: The growing importance of the upcoming byelectionDébut du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. A surge in the millennial vote was largely credited with helping Trudeau's Liberals win government in the 2015 federal election.