Trudeau under fire; liberals eye Freeland
Hindustan Times Mumbai|December 23, 2024
Pressure continues to mount on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to quit, even as a movement is afoot within the ruling Liberal Party caucus for him to be replaced by Chrystia Freeland, who was Deputy PM and Finance Minister till her bombshell resignation, on Monday.
Anirudh Bhattacharyya

TORONTO:

On Saturday, when Liberal MPs from the province of Ontario held a virtual meeting, over 50 arrived at a "consensus" that Trudeau should resign, according to the government-funded outlet CBC News.

That builds on the MPs already opposed to him continuing, believed to be over a third of the 153 from the ruling party. Some among them, the outlet reported, are for Freeland to assume the mantle of party leader, replacing Trudeau.

Among them was Indo-Canadian MP Chandra Arya, who was one of Trudeau's strongest backers. But in a letter to the PM on Saturday, Arya said, "I have consistently supported you since last summer, even when some of our colleagues called for your resignation.

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