Justin Trudeau pressured to resign by backbench MPs within own party

Disgruntled members of Liberal party give Canadian leader deadline of 28 October to step down before likely electoral drubbing

Disgruntled members of Canada’s Liberal party have given Justin Trudeau an ultimatum: decide early next week if you want to stay on as leader, or face the prospects of a caucus revolt.

The prime minister met with Liberal lawmakers in a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday where 20 MPs – none of them cabinet members – called on their leader to resign before a likely electoral drubbing in the next election.