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Toronto, Canada | Friday | 6 December 2024

It is Jagmeet Singh and his NDP party in the news again. This time, the main Opposition Party, the Conservatives, in its attempt to bring down the minority Liberal Government, has thought of a novel way of using NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, in his trap.

While Jagmeet Singh recently claimed credit for helping the Liberals pass a two-month tax holiday bill, The Conservatives have been targeting him for bailing out Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet during no-confidence motions. Jagmeet Singh is the only leader of the South Asian descent to head any major political party in Canada.

The Conservatives have declared to bring in their third no-confidence motion next week to bring down the Justin Trudeau government. This time, the thrust of the no-confidence will be a statement the NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, made while tearing down the supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals.

The proposed motion, that Pierre Poilievre shared on social media handle X,  quotes Singh as saying the Liberals caved to corporate greed when they ordered binding arbitration in the labour dispute involving the country's two largest rail yards.

 

Article at a Glance
Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP, is back in the spotlight as the Conservative Party plans to introduce a third no-confidence motion against the minority Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau.
Singh has faced criticism for supporting the Liberals during key votes, including a recent tax holiday bill. The Conservatives aim to leverage Singh's previous statements, claiming the Liberals are "greedy" and "anti-worker," to bolster their motion.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre emphasized that Singh's own words will be used to argue for the government's lack of confidence. For the motion to succeed, the Conservatives need support from the Bloc Québécois and the NDP, as the Liberals hold a majority of 153 MPs. The political landscape remains tense, with the potential for an immediate election if the motion passes.

 

The motion concludes with a call for members to declare they agree with the NDP leader and for the House of Commons to "proclaim it has lost confidence in the prime minister and the government."

Meanwhile, the Government House leader Karina Gould announced she would be seeking unanimous consent to schedule opposition days for the Conservatives and the NDP next week. The Canadian Parliamentary procedures mandate a proportion of House sitting days to opposition parties called Opposition days to introduce their motions.

No opposition days have been held since early October because the House has been bogged down in debate over a matter of privilege.

Karina Gould's office says it is still waiting to hear from the other parties.

As of now, the Opposition parties have four more days to introduce their motions before December 10. The Conservatives have pledged to try and bring down the government at every opportunity. If the majority of the House of Commons votes in favour of the third non-confidence motion, it would likely trigger an immediate election.

“I agree with Jagmeet Singh that the Trudeau government is ‘greedy’ and ‘anti-worker.’ Now, Jagmeet Singh will have a chance to vote for a non-confidence motion made up entirely of his own words,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on social media platform X, a day after the House of Commons after an animated debate passed a bill to give Canadians a two-month holiday on the federal sales tax.

Pierre Poilievre further  quotes Singh’s previous comments 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 step in to make sure unions have no power.”

The language of the new no-confidence motion is part of the statement Jagmeet Singh made while cancelling the NDP’s supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals in September. The agreement would have propped up the government until June 2025 in exchange for action on certain NDP priorities.

“Therefore, the House agrees with the NDP leader and the House proclaims it has lost confidence in the prime minister and the government,” the motion concludes. The minority Liberals have counted on the NDP in recent days to break the House of Commons gridlock and pass a bill to give Canadians a two-month holiday on the federal sales tax.

After Parliament resumed its post-summer sittings, the Conservatives had two unsuccessful non-confidence motions. The first that expressed no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government” was defeated on September 25 by the Liberals, NDP, Bloc Québécois, and the Greens.

In the following week, the Conservatives attempted a second no-confidence motion criticizing the Liberal government for its policies that increased the cost of housing and food  while calling it the most “centralized government in Canadian history.” That motion was defeated on October 1.

For a non-confidence motion to succeed, the Conservatives need Bloc and NDP support. The Conservatives have 119 members, Bloc Quebecois 33 and NDP 25.  The Liberals have 153 MPs and with support from either the Bloc or NDP,  they garner enough votes needed to defeat the motion.

Back in September, Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet announced that the Liberals would need to support two Bloc private members’ bills before October 29 or the party would begin talks with other parties to bring down the government. The deadline passed without either bill being passed, leading Blanchet to say the Liberal government was “seriously in danger of falling.”

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