Some Liberal MPs set to ask Trudeau to step down

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face down his own caucus members in a hotly anticipated meeting this morning, as several of them plan to try to convince him to step aside.

Rumours have circulated for weeks about an undisclosed number of Liberal MPs who have signed on to the effort to oust the prime minister in the hopes of improving the party's chances in the next election.

Trudeau's personal poll numbers plummeted more than a year ago, and successive byelection losses have compounded concerns about his leadership. The MPs have no formal mechanism to depose Trudeau as leader, which means the decision is ultimately up to him.