Trudeau faces frustrated MPs after Chrystia Freeland's shock resignation
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced frustrated MPs at a hastily arranged caucus meeting late Monday following Chrystia Freeland's shocking decision to resign from cabinet just before she was to deliver the government's much-anticipated fall economic statement.
About 15 MPs took to the microphone to address Trudeau at that meeting, according to one Liberal MP who was in the room.
Most of the speakers said he has to step down after mismanaging his once-crucial relationship with Freeland, the outgoing deputy prime minister, the MP said.
Liberal sources told CBC News that Trudeau said he heard their concerns and would take time over the next few days to reflect on his future.
Trudeau said much the same thing after nearly two dozen MPs called on him to leave earlier this fall. He ended up rejecting those calls to leave the next day.
But this time, sources said, Trudeau hasn't decided what to do.
"I can say we're not united. There's still a number of our members who think we need a change in leadership and I'm one of them," Liberal Ontario MP Chad Collins told reporters after the caucus meeting.
The best way to stop what he called Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's "Make Canada Great Again" agenda is to push Trudeau out, Collins said.
"I think the only path forward for us is to choose a new leader and present a new plan to Canadians with a different vision," he said.
Trudeau's only public comments on Monday came during a holiday party for Liberal donors. The prime minister said it had "not been an easy day" but otherwise didn't discuss Freeland's resignation or the caucus meeting.
Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as finance minister following Freeland's abrupt departure — an apparent attempt by Trudeau to deploy a close confidant as he struggles to shore up his shaky government and restore some stability.
LeBlanc, who has been friends with the prime minister since childhood, is one of Trudeau's most trusted lieutenants.
The New Brunswick MP and cabinet minister recently joined Trudeau for dinner with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He had been tasked with drafting the government's billion-dollar border plan to appease American concerns about drugs and migrants coming into the U.S. from Canada.
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