Trudeau can’t fight Poilievre and internal dissent at the same time, say some MPs and political insiders

If Trudeau does not stay on as party leader, longtime Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux says he may not seek re-election next time around.
Nine Liberal MPs sent a letter to the national caucus chair on June 28 demanding a national in-person caucus meeting to discuss why they lost the June 24 byelection. At last week’s meeting with regional caucus chairs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured, did not commit to a meeting, but is open to meeting with MPs in small groups.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to accept the demand by some of his MPs for an in-person national caucus meeting to discuss the recent devastating Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont., byelection loss, and the strategy going forward, but MPs and political insiders say that d...

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