Conservatives table non-confidence motion to try to topple Trudeau
The Conservatives have tabled a motion to try to declare non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre presented the motion before the House of Commons on Tuesday on the first “opposition day” of the fall sitting of the Parliament.
The motion simply states: “The House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government.”
This comes on the heels of a tumultuous summer for the Liberal government, which saw two major byelection losses and 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,” polling shows.
The Conservative motion was being debated by MPs on Tuesday before it is put for a vote on Wednesday.
The Tories’ non-confidence motion is expected to fail since both the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois have signalled that they will not support it.
Debating the motion in the House of Commons, Poilievre said that after nine years of the Liberal government, the “promise” of Canada is “broken.”
He blamed the government for the affordability crisis, rising housing costs, and the country’s drug overdose problem.
Poilievre also said that Canadians are “suffering the pain of a brutal economy – the worst economy since the Great Depression.”
He touted that the Conservatives have a “common sense plan to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.”
Government House Leader Karina Gould said that Poilievre’s plan to run the government is not any different than the last time the Conservatives were in power.
“WhatI recall when the Conservatives were in government was a country that was ashamed of what we were doing on the world stage, it was ashamed
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