(Ottawa) Liberal MPs are meeting Wednesday in Ottawa for the first time since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would resign.
Posted at 6:28 a.m.
The national caucus meeting, which is to take place in person and online, was initially scheduled to last six hours to give MPs time to discuss Mr. Trudeau’s refusal to resign.
Now that Mr. Trudeau has confirmed he will be leaving his post, the focus will instead be on the next steps for the party, as it begins the search for a leader who can stand up to popular Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
Some caucus members, including ministers Jonathan Wilkinson, Steven MacKinnon and Karina Gould, are responding to calls from the party’s rank and file and are seriously considering running for the party leadership.
Others, including Chrystia Freeland, Anita Anand and François-Philippe Champagne, are doing their own outreach with other MPs and party members to gauge support for their possible candidacy.
Senior Liberal leaders are also meeting behind closed doors all week.
The party’s national council must convene a committee to organize and establish the rules for the upcoming race. Developing these rules could take several days once the committee is formed.
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