Liberals look to move past leadership drama with eye on next campaign

By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 30, 2024.

OTTAWA – The Liberal caucus is looking ahead to the party’s plan for the next election after an unsuccessful attempt by some MPs to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Longtime Liberal operative Andrew Bevan was named the new national campaign director two weeks ago and made his first presentation to the full caucus this morning.

The presentation was initially scheduled to happen last week but that nearly three-hour meeting was dominated by discussions of Trudeau’s leadership.

A letter presented to Trudeau at that meeting called on him to step aside and gave him until Monday to make a decision – but he made clear he wasn’t going anywhere.

Several MPs have since said they wanted a secret ballot vote to decide the leadership but the caucus chose after the last election not to use Reform Act rules that would have allowed for that to happen.

Several MPs and cabinet ministers say they believe the matter is now resolved and it’s time to move on to planning for the next campaign.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2025

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