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NDP to table non-confidence motion to bring government down: Singh

NDP leader says move coming when House of Commons next returns 91Ƶ scheduled for Jan. 27
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, prepare for the start of the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, prepare for the start of the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

The New Democrats will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring down the Liberals in the next sitting of the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday.

In the latest blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau91Ƶs struggling Liberal government, Singh wrote a letter address to Canadians in which he doubled down on his call for Trudeau to resign but also said the NDP will vote to bring down the government, regardless of who is at its helm.

91ƵThe Liberals don91Ƶt deserve another chance,91Ƶ Singh wrote. 91ƵNo matter who is leading the Liberal party, this government91Ƶs time is up. We will put forward a clear motion of non-confidence in the next sitting of the House of Commons.91Ƶ

That opportunity can91Ƶt happen until at least the end of January as the House rose Tuesday and isn91Ƶt currently scheduled to sit again until Jan. 27.

The NDP91Ƶs pledge to try to bring down the government adds more uncertainty to the prime minister91Ƶs future as he faces mounting pressure to resign follow Chrystia Freeland91Ƶs resignation on Monday.

The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have both been calling on New Democrats to vote non-confidence in the government but the NDP have supported the Liberals on three confidence votes since September.

If such a vote passes, it would trigger an election.

Trudeau has yet to address Freeland91Ƶs departure publicly but told Liberal MPs earlier this week that he will reflect on the situation and what he was hearing from them.

Trudeau is shuffling his cabinet on Friday but his public itinerary doesn91Ƶt include a media availability.





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