Looming Non-Confidence Vote
With the New Democrats recently announcing an end to their supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals, which would have kept the minority Liberal government in power until June 2025, the return of Parliament has been accompanied by questions over whether a non-confidence vote will be held.
While Poilievre has said he will table a non-confidence motion at the “earliest opportunity” when the House resumes—which would trigger an early election—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has not directly said whether he would vote in favour of one. Singh has said he will consider each House vote separately to “make a determination on what’s in the best interest of Canadians.”
After the NDP pulled out of the agreement, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet also said his party had more leverage over Parliament and that he would try to make gains from the Liberals in exchange for support on key votes. Blanchet also said he did not want to trigger an early election, since the Conservatives are leading in the polls throughout the rest of Canada and “Quebecers don’t want the Conservatives.”
Prior to Question Period, Blanchet told reporters that his party would need a “very good compass” to navigate Parliament without triggering a non-confidence vote.
“There’s a game which nobody should ever play that we probably both call playing chicken—two cars going toward one another. We are playing chicken with four cars. Eventually one will hit another one, and there will be a wreckage,” he said.
h/t Emeraldlight