A group of Liberal MPs have demanded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decide his future as party leader by Monday and that what happens after is “up to each individual MP,” according to one backbencher who’s part of the group.
In an interview airing Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live, New Brunswick MP Wayne Long said that “every MP is in their own kind of space” and that when it comes to next steps after the deadline, “a lot of it is up to each individual MP.”
Responding to criticisms that the recent push to oust Trudeau was disorganized, Long said that “he’s not sure what people expect us to do.”
“We went in, expressed our opinions to the prime minister — strong opinions,” Long told host Rosemary Barton. “We asked him to step down.”
Trudeau was confronted by disaffected caucus membersat a party meeting on Wednesday. He told them he’d take time to reflect on their criticisms of his …