'Time for Trudeau to go': Canadian PM faces calls for resignation as own party MPs turn against him

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A Canadian MP has sough the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the next elections. Member of Parliament Sean Casey called for Trudeau's resignation saying that "people have had enough".

"The message that I've been getting loud and clear – and more and more strongly as time goes by – is that it is time for [Trudeau] to go. And I agree," Member of Parliament Sean Casey was quoted as saying by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday.

"People have had enough. They've tuned him out, and they want him to go," he said, underlining a "high level of anxiety" in the Liberal caucus over Trudeau's leadership.

"But those who have come to the same conclusion as me seem to be becoming more emboldened with the passage of time," the report quoted him as saying.

His remarks came amid an ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada and a week after Liberal MPs held a series of meetings to discuss a path forward for the party following the byelection loss at Liberal stronghold Toronto-St Paul's in June.

This is not the first time a parliamentarian called for Trudeau's resignation. Earlier in June, New Brunswick MP Wayne Long had also sought his resignation, while Newfoundland and Labrador MP Ken McDonald had demanded the Canadian Prime Minister face a leadership review, the Toronto Sun newspaper reported.

Former Ottawa-area MP Catherine McKenna, who was a cabinet minister under Trudeau, also said the party needs a new leader, the report added.

Tensions between India and Canada escalated after Trudeau on Monday accused the Indian government of supporting criminal activities targeting Canadian citizens.

India on Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats and withdrew its High Commissioner and five other diplomats from Ottawa.

(With PTI inputs)