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The party believes MPs will be able to vote on the motion by Jan. 30
Published Dec 27, 2024 • Last updated 0 minutes ago • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a plan to get the “carbon tax election” he has been calling for sooner rather than later.
The Conservatives are going to reconvene the public accounts committee on Jan. 7 and use it to ship a motion of non-confidence to the House of Commons when the holiday break ends on Jan. 27.
The party believes MPs will be able to vote on the motion by Jan. 30.
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The move means the party won’t have to wait for an “opposition day” in the House of Commons, which are controlled by the government, before it can test the House’s confidence in the Liberal government.
It’s also designed to capitalize on NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s recent statement that his party now prepared to bring down the government in the new year. In the wake of Chrystia Freeland’s dramatic resignation as finance minister, Singh wrote a letter saying the “Liberals don’t deserve another chance” and that he would vote non-confidence in the next sitting.
Singh’s pledge means that all the opposition parties have pledged to bring down the government at some point in the new sitting.
The motion the Conservatives plan to put before the committee will simply state that “the Committee report to the House the following recommendation: That the House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government.”
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