Majority of Liberal MPs in the province join counterparts in Ontario, Atlantic Canada in calling for Prime Minister to step down, sources say

Calls are growing from within the Liberal caucus for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader — and some have pegged Chrystia Freeland as their choice to replace him.Twenty-one Liberal MPs have publicly urged Trudeau to resign — many of them within the last week — after Freeland shocked Canadians on Monday by resigning as deputy prime minister and finance minister hours before she was supposed to table the government's fall economic statement.

According to a recent survey conducted by Leger and reported by the National Post, over two-thirds (69%) of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign. The survey also found that 72% of respondents are dissatisfied with the federal administration led by the Liberal Party.

Kody Blois, chair of the Atlantic Liberal caucus, said that his colleagues instructed him to write to the Prime Minister when they met before Christmas. He told Mr. Trudeau the meeting had focused “on the need for you to resign as the Leader of the Liberal Party” to allow a process to begin to replace him.