Dissenting Liberal MPs Ask for Secret Ballot on Trudeau Leadership

Published on October 29, 2024

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. 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. More than two dozen MPs in the Liberal caucus last week set an Oct. 28 deadline for Trudeau to consider stepping aside as party leader. Following Trudeau’s swift decision just a day later to remain at the Liberal party’s helm, some MPs are now suggesting a secret ballot vote in the caucus as an alternative to his removal....

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