Another Liberal parliamentarian said separately that Trudeau was “delusional” if he thought he could fight the next election, which is due by Oct. 20 next year. Polls show the Liberals would be crushed by the official opposition Conservatives.
Trudeau later held a special meeting with his parliamentary caucus, which is already unhappy over the party's poor performance in the polls.
LeBlanc, one of Trudeau's closest friends, was named finance minister later on Monday.
“A number of my caucus colleagues have said publicly that the prime minister is reflecting on Minister Freeland's decision and the feedback he heard yesterday. I respect that he is taking time to reflect,“ Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told Reuters.
“We really are a big family. Now like most families, sometimes we have fights around the holidays, but of course, like most families, we find our way through it,“ he said to some cheers from the audience.
Carney, long courted by the Liberals, has stayed out of federal politics. No one in the offices of Freeland or Trudeau was immediately available for comment.
She sent an email to party volunteers on Tuesday saying “this will not be the end of the road” but gave no details. The email was posted on X by journalist Stephen Maher.
To underline the party's woes, it badly lost a special election in the western province of British Columbia.
Veteran Liberal legislator John McKay, who has remained loyal to Trudeau, told CBC the prime minister needed to make a decision about his future sooner rather than later.
Liberal legislator Wayne Long, who had previously called on Trudeau to quit, told reporters the prime minister was “delusional if he thinks we can continue like this ... We’re not just taking on water, we’re underwater”.
A Nanos Research poll released on Tuesday showed the Conservatives have 43% public support, the Liberals have 23% and the smaller left-leaning New Democrats are attracting 20% support. Such a result on Election Day would produce a massive Conservative majority.
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