“One MP who signed the document told CBC News the number of MP signatures has spilled onto a second page.
That same MP said other caucus members have called since word of the document’s existence started to spread, indicating they wanted to sign it.”
Are we seeing the beginning of this parliament crumbling? Not very good when 20+ MPs are going behind your back…
KvotheG on
Trudeau isn’t stepping down. He’s been clear about that. He probably just sees the revolt as unimportant because it’s all coming from backbenchers with no real voice in caucus.
It will ONLY be effective if someone from cabinet leads this revolt. A fairly big name coming from someone with influence in the party, and enough clout that could push Trudeau out. Paul Martin famously split the Liberals in two by building his support base and creating a Liberal civil war between his supporters and those loyal to Chretien. All because he was ambitious and wanted to become Prime Minister.
But no big name in the Liberal party has come forward. There are most definitely those with leadership ambitions, but no one wants to lead the party in the next election because they know it’s doomed. They know they are better off rebuilding the party from the rubble.
I do think Trudeau should have stepped down ages ago, but for whatever reason he doesn’t want to. Maybe he thinks he can handle Poilievre in an election and doesn’t want to lose to him out of pride. Maybe he’s staying on because he knows no one else wants the job right now. But until a big name comes forward that openly revolts on Trudeau, he’s not budging.
Bentstrings84 on
Just don’t vote with the party during confidence motions if you want to get rid of him. Teach him a lesson for never considering anyone’s opinions ever.
EarthWarping on
the fact you have Cochrane and Raj writing articles hours within each other when it’s both leaked sources is interesting.
Really wonder if the rumours are true about prorogation coming
PumpkinMyPumpkin on
The idea that our democracy is run by people running around secretly writing down names on a piece of paper saddens me.
This is the behaviour of children.
A room full of adults should be able to put up their hands and say they have an issue with the leader – we do not live in a dictatorship. If MPs are so fearful of reprisal – we need a serious rethink of how parliament is allowed to operate. MPs are there to represent their interests of Canadians – not live in fear of an all powerful PMO.
Eucre on
This seems like something from a movie, Trudeau and Telford are out of the country, and now that their eye has turned elsewhere, Liberals can hold secret gathering, which they couldn’t before. Like, they’re only able to meet once Trudeau has left the country, it’s a crazy amount of control/fear they hold over caucus.
Also, hilarious that they don’t trust the translators
>Two Liberal sources told CBC News that the Atlantic caucus asked the PMO representative who often attends these meetings to leave so that they could have discussions in private about the future. They also asked the English-French interpreters to leave as well, to ensure total privacy.
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“One MP who signed the document told CBC News the number of MP signatures has spilled onto a second page.
That same MP said other caucus members have called since word of the document’s existence started to spread, indicating they wanted to sign it.”
Are we seeing the beginning of this parliament crumbling? Not very good when 20+ MPs are going behind your back…
Trudeau isn’t stepping down. He’s been clear about that. He probably just sees the revolt as unimportant because it’s all coming from backbenchers with no real voice in caucus.
It will ONLY be effective if someone from cabinet leads this revolt. A fairly big name coming from someone with influence in the party, and enough clout that could push Trudeau out. Paul Martin famously split the Liberals in two by building his support base and creating a Liberal civil war between his supporters and those loyal to Chretien. All because he was ambitious and wanted to become Prime Minister.
But no big name in the Liberal party has come forward. There are most definitely those with leadership ambitions, but no one wants to lead the party in the next election because they know it’s doomed. They know they are better off rebuilding the party from the rubble.
I do think Trudeau should have stepped down ages ago, but for whatever reason he doesn’t want to. Maybe he thinks he can handle Poilievre in an election and doesn’t want to lose to him out of pride. Maybe he’s staying on because he knows no one else wants the job right now. But until a big name comes forward that openly revolts on Trudeau, he’s not budging.
Just don’t vote with the party during confidence motions if you want to get rid of him. Teach him a lesson for never considering anyone’s opinions ever.
the fact you have Cochrane and Raj writing articles hours within each other when it’s both leaked sources is interesting.
Really wonder if the rumours are true about prorogation coming
The idea that our democracy is run by people running around secretly writing down names on a piece of paper saddens me.
This is the behaviour of children.
A room full of adults should be able to put up their hands and say they have an issue with the leader – we do not live in a dictatorship. If MPs are so fearful of reprisal – we need a serious rethink of how parliament is allowed to operate. MPs are there to represent their interests of Canadians – not live in fear of an all powerful PMO.
This seems like something from a movie, Trudeau and Telford are out of the country, and now that their eye has turned elsewhere, Liberals can hold secret gathering, which they couldn’t before. Like, they’re only able to meet once Trudeau has left the country, it’s a crazy amount of control/fear they hold over caucus.
Also, hilarious that they don’t trust the translators
>Two Liberal sources told CBC News that the Atlantic caucus asked the PMO representative who often attends these meetings to leave so that they could have discussions in private about the future. They also asked the English-French interpreters to leave as well, to ensure total privacy.