The Conservative Party has introduced a new non-confidence motion to take down the minority Liberal government, a day after a previous motion to do so failed in the House of Commons.
On Sept. 25, the Tories’ first non-confidence motion was defeated, receiving 211 “nay” votes and 120 “yea” votes, with the Liberals, NDP, Bloc Québécois, and the Greens voting against, and the Conservatives voting in favour. The motion had simply read, “The House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government.”
The new motion, introduced on Sept. 26 reads, “After nine years, the government has doubled housing costs, taxed food, punished work, unleashed crime and is the most centralized government in Canadian history, the house has lost confidence in the government.” It also calls for Canadians to be given the option to “axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.”
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh recently left the supply-and-confidence agreement he signed with the Liberals in 2022, which had the NDP support the government in confidence matters until June 2025 in exchange for Liberal support of NDP priorities.
Singh had previously said his party would vote against the motion and not “play Pierre Poilievre’s games.”
The Liberals need the support of either the NDP or Bloc Québécois to survive non-confidence votes.
Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet announced on Sept. 25 that the Liberals will need to pass two Bloc private member’s bills before Oct. 29 or the party would begin talks with other parties to bring down the government. Bill C-319 would increase Old Age Security pensions by 10 percent for seniors aged 65 to 74, while Bill C-282 would protect the supply management system in international trade agreements.
Blanchet said the Oct. 29 deadline was chosen to provide enough time for the government to steer the bills’ adoption, or provide enough of a runway to hold a snap election before Christmas.
Debate on New Motion
During Sept. 26 debate in the House of Commons on the new motion, Conservative MP Dan Albas said he had personally heard from many of his constituents who want an early election to be held….