Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Oct. 23.Patrick Doyle/Reuters

Is the Liberal rebellion over? What was the outcome? A lot of the people who were in the caucus room don’t really know.

Will Liberal MPs have another internal conversation about whether Justin Trudeau should step down? “Oh, I would think there’s a second and a third and a fourth and a fifth,” Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski said just outside Parliament.

“I mean, it’s an ongoing conversation, right? The leadership. I don’t think there ought to be an expectation that everything is absolutely settled today.”

Okay, so it’s not settled. Yet. In fact, the Liberal MPs who did talk about the meeting didn’t seem to be all that clear on how things had turned out. They came out scratching their heads about what it all means.

The meeting that was intended to bring the leadership question to a head didn’t actually bring it to a head. The MPs, including Mr. Trudeau, strode out gamely. But they’re all limping away without........

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