Conservatives Plan to Introduce Fresh Non-Confidence Motion citing NDP’s Critique of Liberal Administration

November 29, 2024 TruthUSA

The Conservatives are planning to introduce a new non-confidence motion to remove the government, this time citing critical remarks made by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh about the Liberals.

“I agree with Jagmeet Singh that the Trudeau government is ‘greedy’ and ‘anti-worker.’ Now, Jagmeet Singh will have the opportunity to vote for a non-confidence motion composed entirely of his own words,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stated on the social media platform X on Nov. 29.

The statement references Singh’s previous statements that the Liberals are “too weak, too selfish, and too beholden to corporate interests to fight for people,” and that they will “always cave to corporate greed and always intervene to ensure unions have no power.”

The statement highlights that Singh made these remarks when canceling the NDP’s supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals in September, which would have supported the government until June 2025 in exchange for action on certain NDP priorities.

“As a result, the House agrees with the NDP leader, and the House declares that it has lost confidence in the prime minister and the government,” the motion concludes.

The minority Liberals have recently relied on the NDP to break the deadlock in the House of Commons and pass a bill giving Canadians a two-month break on the federal sales tax.

Since the Parliament reconvened after the summer recess, the Conservatives have proposed two unsuccessful non-confidence motions. The first, simply stating, “The House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government,” was defeated on Sept. 25 by the Liberals, NDP, Bloc Québécois, and the Greens.

A second Conservative motion criticized the Liberal government for increasing the cost of housing and food and labeled it as the most “centralized government in Canadian history.” This motion was defeated on Oct. 1.

For a non-confidence motion to pass, the 119 Conservative MPs would require support from 33 Bloc MPs and 25 NDP MPs. The Liberals’ 153 MPs, along with either the Bloc or NDP, would have enough votes to defeat the motion.

In September, Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet announced that the Liberals needed to endorse two Bloc private members’ bills by Oct. 29, or the party would start discussions with other parties to bring down the government. The deadline passed without either bill being approved, leading Blanchet to suggest that the Liberal government was “seriously in danger of collapse.”

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