Most Liberals in caucus want Trudeau to go: MP
CBC
Longtime Trudeau loyalist Chandra Arya says it's time for the prime minister to step aside — and he believes the majority of Liberals in caucus feel the same way.
"There is no alternative but to have the leadership change now," Arya told CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton on Sunday.
He was responding to a question about what was discussed at a virtual meeting of the Ontario Liberal caucus on Saturday morning.
Sources told CBC News that more than 50 Liberal MPs came to a consensus that Justin Trudeau needs to step down as party leader during a meeting of the party's largest regional caucus.
The abrupt departure from cabinet on Monday of former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland prompted a growing tide of MPs to call for Trudeau to go. The public count is currently at 21.
Quebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather told Rosemary Barton Live that the "vast majority" of people he's talking to believe the prime minister should resign, "whether they've gone public or not."
Trudeau remaining as leader puts the party in an "impossible situation," he said, one where the leader becomes "the ballot issue."
"There are many people who would vote for the Liberal Party but don't want to vote for the leader," Housefather said.
Both Arya and Housefather said the biggest threat facing Canadians is the 25 per cent tariff promised by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's impending administration.
"We need the prime minister to go now so we can set forth the leadership process," Housefather said, adding he thinks the Liberal caucus could elect an interim leader "in a day" while a leadership process takes place.
Arya said he "absolutely" thinks Freeland is the person to step up given her track record of negotiating during Trump's first administration.
Housefather did not name a possible successor, saying it's first more important for Trudeau to step aside.
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