Silenced Caucus: Why Liberal MPs Can’t Fire Their Leader

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Silenced Caucus: Why Liberal MPs Can’t Fire Their Leader

Behind the polished speeches and staged unity lies a growing tension within the Liberal Party: frustration, stifled voices, and missed opportunities for reform. This week, Liberal MPs quietly voted against adopting the Reform Act—again—choosing loyalty to leadership over internal democracy.

Originally conceived by Conservative MP Michael Chong, the Reform Act allows elected caucus members to trigger a leadership review, select an interim leader, and restore MP autonomy. It has already been used by the Conservatives to expel members and hold leaders accountable. But the Liberals? They’ve never adopted it.

Even as Trudeau stepped down, and Mark Carney took the reins, nothing changed. MPs like Ryan Turnbull and Nate Erskine-Smith admit the lack of mechanisms cost them in the past—and may again. With Carney calling an election just days into his tenure, MPs remain powerless in the face of central command.

This video explores what’s really at stake in the rejection of the Reform Act: not just leadership control, but the very idea of political accountability in a democracy. Why did the Liberals refuse a tool their own members wanted? And what does it say about the future of leadership under Carney?

If democracy matters, this conversation matters.

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