Last Wednesday (October 23), during a highly publicized meeting of the federal Liberal Party’s national caucus, MPs discussed the future of the party’s leadership with an election around the corner. During the meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was presented with a letter from 24 MPs requesting that he step down as the party’s leader. The calls for his ouster have grown louder following by-election defeats earlier this year in traditionally Liberal ridings of Toronto-St. Paul’s and LaSalle–Émard–Verdun in Montreal.
While Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel declined to discuss what was said in the closed caucus meeting, The Hill Times newspaper reported that she was one of the MPs who called for Trudeau to step down as leader, which she didn’t deny.
Chatel also confirmed that she would be seeking re-election.
