If that majority loses confidence in the prime minister of the day, he or she has no choice but to resign. They are saying that the Liberal Party, to which both insist they still belong, should choose a new leader. Instead he organized support within the Liberal Party so he could become leader and prime minister whenever Chrétien chose to step down. Bouchard said openly that he had lost confidence in the Mulroney Tories. Her testimony before the justice committee showed the prime minister no mercy.

Source: thestar March 05, 2019 20:37 UTC