Top Liberals to talk Trudeau, PM chairing Canada-U.S. meeting: sources [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was back in Ottawa today, but having yet to signal he’s ready to address the snowballing resignation calls, the Liberal caucus’ regional chairs called a meeting today to discuss next steps.

The virtual meeting took place at 3 p.m. EST, according to sources, and during the call regional caucus representatives were set to ask national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan to consider calling a meeting of all Liberal MPs.

The conversation came as some MPs want the prime minister to be presented with a more formal push for his resignation, or to at least put a timeline on deciding on whether he intends to stay on as party leader.

“They’re thinking about … what they do if the prime minister decides that he is not going to announce his departure. How do they … come together and place maximum pressure on the prime minister, make it obvious …