PM Trudeau appears to have reached a decision about his future, but he’s not yet prepared to announce it, say some Liberal MPs

Unlike the Oct. 23 national Liberal caucus meeting, on Dec. 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘absorbed the message’ from MPs that it’s time to move on, a Liberal MP told The Hill Times.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Laurier Club event at the Museum of History on Dec. 16, 2024. More MPs are calling for Trudeau to resign as Liberal Party leader after Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet on Dec. 16.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA, IREM KOCA, SOPHALL DUCH

December 16, 2024

The political pressure is increasing on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down after Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister and deputy prime minister Monday morning only hours before she was supposed to deliver the government's fall economic update. But after Mon...

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