Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuffed calls to step aside last week — but that doesn’t mean the disaffected Liberal MPs who called on him to quit have given up the fight.
Some of the MPs who said the prime minister should resign by today or face some unspecified consequences are now trying to push a secret ballot caucus vote on Trudeau’s future.
Some MPs say that if Trudeau won’t go willingly in the face of this caucus revolt, they want to try to force him out of the job another way.
They say the ballot question should be straightforward: “Should Justin Trudeau lead us into the next election?”
“Given the fact that there are quite a number of MPs, quite a number of Liberals and Canadians who feel that someone else should lead the Liberal Party into the next election, I think the way to move forward is to hold a secret ballot vote. I think that’s the …