Put their plan to the people, and let the people decide
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Justin Trudeau is the captain of a battered old tub caught in a tsunami. There’s a hole in the hull, the water’s rising, half the vessel is beneath the surface and there’s an ominous sound suggesting it’s about to break in two. The lifeboats are out and the crew is fleeing.
A call arrives in the frantic radio room.
“Where’s your captain?” asks a voice.
“He’s locked in a room next to the bridge.”
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“What’s he doing there?”
“Reflecting on his future.”
Liberal party members of Parliament spent the Christmas weekend reflecting on the prime minister’s future as well, and largely concluded there isn’t one. The usually loyal Chandra Arya conceded “there is no alternative but to have the leadership change now.” Quebec MP Anthony Housefather told the CBC the “vast majority” of caucus believe Trudeau should resign. More than 50 of Ontario’s 75-member Liberal caucus agreed in a mass call that Trudeau has to go and assigned caucus chair Michael Coteau to give the prime minister the message.
Leaks from within the defensive circle of Trudeau confidantes suggest he has no plan to step aside during the holidays, while Trudeau himself insists on pretending there’s nothing to see here.
In October, he declared his fractious forces remained “strong and united,” even as he exited a tense gathering focused on pressing for his departure. The day after Chrystia Freeland resigned........