Justin Trudeau faces difficult times, perhaps the toughest of his political career. He not only faces pressure from the opposition (Bloque Quebecois chief Yves-François Blanchet), who says he is working to unseat Trudeau, but also from within his party, with a growing number of MPs They ask him to resign.

Some of the Liberal MPs are now trying to push for a secret caucus vote on Trudeau’s future. Liberal deputy Helena Jaczek spoke out on the matter: “I am totally in favor of the secret vote. “I think it’s time we set the record straight.”

Pressure has increased on Trudeau to step down as leader. The new demand comes after Liberal MPs in a closed-door meeting on October 23 also made similar requests, arguing that
Trudeau resigns It would be the best for him and the party.

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau has remained adamant that he will lead the party for the next election, scheduled for before October 2025.

Let’s take a closer look at what’s happening in Canadian politics and whether Trudeau can survive the toughest challenge to his leadership.

Call for secret vote against Trudeau

Several Liberal MPs are unhappy with Trudeau’s leadership and on Monday (Oct. 28) said that if the Canadian prime minister did not heed their call to resign, they would try to force him out of office.

Liberal MP Yvan Baker said CBC News“Given the fact that there are a large number of MPs, a large number of Liberals and Canadians who feel that someone else should lead the Liberal Party in the next election, I think the way forward is to hold a secret ballot. . I think that is what is best for the party and the country.”

Baker said it should be a secret ballot so MPs can vote “without fear of repercussions or consequences”.

If a vote were to take place, it would take place on Wednesday (October 30) when the Liberal Party caucus meets on Parliament Hill.

“The prime minister and his team have said on several occasions that he has the support of the vast majority of the group. To me, that suggests you shouldn’t worry about putting it to a secret ballot,” Baker added.

MP Sameer Zuberi and veteran Liberal MP Helena Jaczek seconded the call for a secret vote. “A secret ballot would put an end to this. We need to give some purpose to this. I think that would help us as a party go further,” said Zuberi, who serves as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Diversity.

Liberal MP Wayne Long also supported the call to vote on Trudeau, saying CBCRosemary Barton Live’s Rosemary Barton Live, “We believe that a secret ballot would definitely, once and for all, resolve it and put an end to it.”

Unprecedented moment in Canadian politics

The call for a secret ballot on Trudeau comes after Liberal MPs last week gave Trudeau a deadline of Oct. 28 to decide whether he would not seek a fourth term. At last week’s caucus, some MPs drafted a letter asking him not to seek a record fourth term.

However, it seems that
Trudeau has not addressed their concerns when, two days after the caucus meeting, he said on an Ontario news podcast: “I am determined to lead this party until the next election. In fact, I am very excited about this fight.”

Analysts point out that this is an unprecedented moment in Canadian politics, since there is no precedent for such a vote to work.

Scott Reid, political adviser and former communications director for former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, said the guardian that Canada has “exactly zero tradition” of prime ministers leaving their jobs voluntarily, and virtually all of them suffer an electoral defeat or “jump in at the last moment when they have exhausted all possibilities” of winning.

Furthermore, the liberal group has no provisions to even organize such a vote. This is because they did not adopt the provisions of the 2015 Reform Act, which states that if 20 percent of caucus members sign a petition calling for a leadership review, a vote is triggered. If the majority of deputies vote against the leader, they will be forced to resign.

Trudeau’s declining popularity

Calls for Canada’s Trudeau to step away from the race come as his star is waning. He CBC The poll tracker shows the Liberals are almost 20 points behind the opposition Conservatives, a result so poor it has little historical precedent for the party.

Abacus Data pollster David Coletto released data from another poll that showed conservatives have an even bigger lead. The poll showed that about 60 per cent of Canadians have a negative opinion of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and only 23 per cent have a positive opinion.

“In the past, even unpopular governments did not do so badly in the polls,” said political analyst Éric Grenier in the order. “The problem for liberals is that it has been a long-standing trend; It is not the result of a scandal or a big problem, but rather the drip, drip, drip of being in power for almost 10 years.

“And the reality is that people already know what they think of Justin Trudeau and they are not going to change their minds about him.”

Opposition challenge

Trudeau is not only facing a revolt from his party. He also faces a tough challenge from the opposition, namely the
Quebec bloc. On Tuesday (October 29), the head of the Quebec bloc, Yves-François Blanchet, stated that the Canadian prime minister’s “days are numbered.”

He said he would work with other opposition parties in Canada’s Parliament to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government. “We are negotiating with the opposition parties to bring down the government,” he told reporters.

It will take the leftist New Democratic Party and the Conservatives, who are eager to force an election, to unseat Trudeau’s Liberals.

With contributions from agencies