Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces mounting pressure to resign, with Ontario Liberal MPs, constituting 60% of the Liberal caucus, calling for his departure. This follows Chrystia Freeland's resignation from the cabinet and vows from opposition parties to bring down the government. While some MPs support Trudeau's leadership, citing his handling of past challenges, others, like Kamal Khera and Patty Hajdu, criticized Freeland's resignation method and expressed their desire for a new leader.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has survived a week of political chaos that saw Chrystia Freeland resign from his cabinet, and all main opposition parties now vowing to topple his government. But the pressure on Trudeau to resign continues to build — this time from Ontario's Liberal MPs, who make up 60 per cent of the Liberal caucus. In a teleconference yesterday, they reached what's being described as a “clear consensus” that Trudeau must go. David Akin has more.
The Ontario caucus consists of 75 MPs, about 60 per cent of the overall Liberal caucus of 121. But about 25 MPs did not attend the virtual caucus. Many of those absent were attending the wedding Saturday of their colleague Vance Badawey, the MP for the Ontario riding of Niagara Centre. Meanwhile, a source close to Freeland, who also asked not to be identified, responded to calls by MPs like Sean Casey and Chandra Arya that she become leader by saying, “That is not at all what Monday was about. The PM lost confidence in her and she felt she couldn’t continue as a Minister knowing that he no longer had confidence in her. It’s really as simple as that. So I think the chatter is getting way ahead of itself right now.
“I’ve been cautious what I’ve said at caucus. If the prime minister wants to know my opinion on his leadership, it will only be to him, it will be directly to him,” Oliphant said Saturday before participating the Ontario Liberal caucus meeting. “And I’ve asked him twice to to talk to me about that and he hasn’t.”
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