Several Liberal MPs are calling for a secret ballot in caucus to determine the future of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership of the party. While some of these MPs have also openly called for Trudeau to step down, others either haven’t made their position known on the issue or have said the secret vote would help put matters to rest one way or the other.
Discontent with Trudeau’s leadership has been growing for months, fuelled by persistently low approval ratings and two recent byelection defeats in historic party strongholds. On Oct. 23 more than two dozen MPs in the Liberal caucus set an Oct. 28 deadline for Trudeau to consider stepping aside as party leader.
