Former British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says she is open to returning to politics as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure from within his party’s caucus to step down.
“From the moment I left politics, I never once said I was going to close the door on politics forever,” she said in her first comments since issuing a statement to CTV News earlier this week. , told Vassie Kapelos on CTV’s Power Play. He wants to “participate in discussions about the future direction of the Liberal Party.”
But Mr Clark, who is a weekly panelist on CTV’s Power Play, also admits he is unable to take up the Liberal Party leadership position at this time.
“The prime minister has decided he wants to stay in office. He intends to stay,” she said. “There are no jobs open.”
Asked if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign, Clark said he was “right to remain” as prime minister.
“The party maintains confidence in him and he is the leader of the party. He has said he will run and the Liberal Party across the country needs to support him in that,” she said, adding that within the Liberal Party He added that there must be unity. He will be running against Conservative Party leader Pierre Poièvre.
Clark said in a statement on Monday that he is “listening to Canadians and Liberals across the country” and that “Canadians believe that politicians who think sowing division is an acceptable path to victory. “I’m tired of it,” he said.
Her latest comments about the power play came a day after a high-stakes Liberal caucus meeting in which at least 24 Liberal MPs formally asked Trudeau to resign. Despite the challenge from his caucus, Trudeau has vowed to remain leader.
Clark, who served as B.C.’s premier from 2011 to 2017, said he is no stranger to being in a caucus where there are many “intense discussions.”
“I’ll tell you, the caucus I led was a coalition of very different views, with people from every part of the state,” she said. “Sometimes things like this happen in the room.”
The full CTV Power Play front bench panel with former BC Premier Christy Clark can be viewed at the beginning of this article.
With files from CTV News’ Stephanie Ha and Spencer Van Dyk.