Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added eight Liberal MPs to his front bench and reassigned four ministers in a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa on Friday.
The shuffle comes after Chrystia Freeland’s resignation as finance minister and deputy prime minister sent shock waves in Canadian politics and intensified calls for the prime minister to step down.
Both of London’s Liberal MPs are choosing their words carefully when it comes to their party’s leadership future. They were asked about the situation in Ottawa at Friday’s housing announcement in London.
“The Prime Minister will decide at the right time what he wants to do,” said London West MP Arielle Kayabaga. “As long as he remains as the leader of the next campaign, in the next election, I support him in that.”
In a brief comment to the media on Friday afternoon, Trudeau indicated that with exactly one month until incoming U.S. President Donald Trump …