Why some Liberal MPs want to reserve the right to oust Mark Carney [Video]

Some Liberal MPs say they plan on voting to adopt the Reform Act on Sunday so caucus has more power and can reserve the right to trigger a vote to topple Prime Minister Mark Carney as party leader. 

CBC News spoke to half a dozen MPs who say they’re pleased with Carney’s performance so far, which has seen the party dramatically turn around its political fortunes and win a fourth term in government.

But the MPs said they don’t want to relive what happened under Justin Trudeau’s government, when the prime minister defied calls for him to resign for months before finally stepping down in January.

The Reform Act, which took effect in 2015, gives all political parties the ability to trigger a leadership review. It was championed by Conservative MP Michael Chong as a way to shift some power away from party leaders and toward backbench MPs. Conservative MPs …