The Ontario Liberal Party will hold its annual general meeting in Toronto this weekend, where the future of leader Bonnie Crombie will be put to the test.

Card-carrying Liberals will be voting on whether or not to hold a new leadership convention. Publicly, Liberal caucus members are lining up behind her, saying they believe Crombie will survive the leadership referendum.

The party’s Executive Council voted unanimously in March to support Crombie remaining on as party Leader, despite the fact she was unable to win her seat in the riding of Mississauga East-Cooksville. The Liberals were able to regain official party status for the first time in seven years, winning 14 seats in last February’s provincial election. Crombie pointed out that the party received 30 per cent of the popular vote

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