After a first failed attempt, the Conservatives have tabled another non-confidence motion to try to bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s second motion of the fall sitting was presented to the House of Commons on Thursday, just a day after his first one was defeated.
While the motion was in Poilievre’s name, he was not there to table it and Conservative MP Luc Berthold put it forward in the Parliament.
Federal MPs on Wednesday voted down 221-120 a motion stating that “the House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the government.”
Both the NDP and Bloc Quebecois joined the Liberals in defeating that motion.
In their latest challenge brought forward on Thursday, Poilievre blames the Liberal government for “doubled housing costs, taxed food, punished work, unleashed crime” and calls it the “most centralizing government in Canadian history.”
“The House has lost confidence in the government and offers Canadians the option to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime,” the motion reads.
If a non-confidence motion were to pass, the government would fall and a snap election would be triggered.
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The minority Liberals need the support of at least one other party in the House of Commons to survive such votes, or pass any legislation.
MPs will debate the new motion on Thursday and vote on it next week on Tuesday.
After that, the Conservatives are expected to table at least one more such motion before Christmas.
Pressure is ramping up on the Liberals after a tumultuous summer, which saw two major byelection losses on top of the NDP withdrawing support from the supply-and-confidence agreement earlier this month.
Meanwhile, support for Trudeau and his Liberal government has hit a “new low,” Ipsos polling exclusive to Global News shows.
On Wednesday, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet also said the Liberals have until Oct. 29 to pass two Bloc bills or he’ll start talking to other parties about toppling the government.
— with files from The Canadian Press
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