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Trudeau hangs on to power as NDP, Bloc Québécois block Conservative non-confidence motion

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By Anthony Murdoch

NDP and Bloc Québécois MPs joined the Liberals in a vote of 211 to 120 to keep Trudeau in power despite NDP leader Jamgeet Singh previously saying his agreement with the Liberals was over.

The separatist Bloc Québécois and the socialist New Democrats voted to keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government in power this afternoon, voting against a Conservative Party motion of non-confidence against the ruling Liberal party. 

This afternoon, MPs overall voted 211 against to 120 in favor of the Conservative motion which read, “The House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government.” Two independent MPs joined the conservatives to vote in favor of the motion. 

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre blasted the NDP and Bloc for propping up the Trudeau Liberals, saying on X today they voted to “keep Trudeau in power to tax your food, take your money, double your housing costs & unleash crime & chaos.” 

“The Costly Coalition is back & on the path to QUADRUPLING the carbon tax to $0.61/L.” 

Poilievre has repeatedly called for what he has dubbed a “carbon tax election.”  

Conservative MP Michael Cooper, who serves as the Shadow Minister for Democratic Reform, blasted the NDP for “selling out” to prop up the Trudeau Liberals.

“Sellout Jagmeet Singh sells out AGAIN. After making a big deal about ‘ripping up the agreement,’ Singh & the NDP just voted to rescue Trudeau AGAIN. Thanks to Sellout Jagmeet Singh, the Trudeau NIGHTMARE continues,” he wrote on X this afternoon.  

Regardless of the continued support from the NDP and the Bloc, the Trudeau Liberals are widely accepted to be floundering, having recently lost two byelections, one in Quebec and the other in Ontario, in what were considered “safe” Liberal ridings. 

While both Singh and Bloc leader Yves Blanchet said in advance of Tuesday’s vote that they would not support the Conservative non-confidence motion, Blanchet has said that unless Trudeau passes two of his party’s bills before the end of October, he would work with other opposition parties to bring down the Liberals. 

While confidence motions are used mainly when it comes to budgets, they can be brought forth for other reasons. Either way, the Conservatives will need the support of the NDP and the Bloc in order to have such a motion pass.

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Simultaneously, Trump introduced his nominee for Brown’s successor.

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