Liberal MPs will gather next week for a special national caucus meeting for the first time since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told them he would take the holidays to reflect on calls for him to step down as party leader.

Trudeau spent Friday back in Ottawa after spending the holidays in British Columbia with his family. He chaired a special meeting of the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and signed a book of condolences for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who recently died.

The holiday period is over and Canadian politics is gripped by a single question: when will the country hear from Justin Trudeau?