The majority of Liberal MPs want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down in the wake of last week’s resignation of his second in command, say MPs Anthony Housefather and Chandra Arya.
“I see very few people that think he should stay,” Housefather said during a Dec. 22 interview with CBC. “The vast majority of people I am talking to, whether they have gone public or not, believe he needs to go.”
Housefather first called for Trudeau to step down last week, after Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned hours before she was set to deliver the Fall Economic Statement. Calls for Trudeau to resign grew louder, with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joining the chorus, saying his party would vote in favour of a non-confidence motion to bring down the Liberal government….