Chrystia Freeland pegged by some Liberal MPs as Justin Trudeau’s successor if he resigns [Video]

Calls are growing from within the Liberal caucus for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader — and some have pegged Chrystia Freeland as their choice to replace him.

Twenty-one Liberal MPs have publicly urged Trudeau to resign — many of them within the last week — after Freeland shocked Canadians on Monday by resigning as deputy prime minister and finance minister hours before she was supposed to table the government’s fall economic statement.

Among the Liberal MPs publicly calling on Trudeau to step down, a small number have come forward to throw their support behind Freeland.

“By design or by circumstance, her time of resignation has put her into the spotlight. And she appears to be the person around whom the caucus members can rally behind,” Ontario Liberal MP Chandra Arya told CBC’s Power & Politics on Friday.

Arya, previously a staunch supporter of Trudeau, became one of the latest dissenters …