Justin Trudeau has seemed to be on the edge of a government revolt for weeks and last week the demands for him to step down spread to his own party, though most of the Liberal MPs involved remain anonymous.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada faced the stiffest challenge to his leadership from fellow elected Liberal Party members on Wednesday during a closed-door meeting where he was urged to resign to avoid torpedoing the party’s chances in the next election…
The growing dissatisfaction played out on Wednesday, when most of the 153 Liberal members of Parliament gathered in Ottawa for a scheduled caucus meeting.
While caucus proceedings are typically secret, Mr. Trudeau, according to Canadian news media citing unnamed sources, was presented with a letter signed by about two dozen caucus members calling on him to step down…
CBC News reported that Mr. Trudeau told the closed meeting that he would reflect on the concerns raised.
The letter presented to Trudeau apparently gave him until today to resign or else. But the or else wasn’t specified and now that the deadline has arrived, it’s not clear if the anonymous MPs plan to do anything at all if Trudeau ignores their demands. In fact, he’s already said he has no plans to step down.
At a Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday, 24 MPs delivered a letter to Trudeau asking him to resign and giving him until Monday to respond.
But the prime minister told reporters the next day that he plans to stay on at the party helm.
It’s unclear what the dissenting MPs — most of whom have stayed anonymous to the public — plan to do in response, with one of them saying he’s “moving on.” […]
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