Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau survives no-confidence vote in Parliament – ​​Telangana Today

After a heated debate marked by insults and fist-bumps, Parliament voted 211 to 120 against the Conservatives’ motion to oust the Liberals and call a new election. But Trudeau’s fragile hold on power faces new challenges as the main opposition Conservatives will try again to topple the government as early as Tuesday.

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, the first major test for his minority Liberal government, whose popularity has waned after nine years in office.

After a heated debate in which MPs insulted each other and banged their fists on the tables, they voted 211 to 120 against the Conservative motion to depose the Liberals and force a new election.

However, Trudeau’s position of power will face further challenges in the coming days and weeks, as the main opposition parties, the Conservatives, have announced that they will make a new attempt to overthrow the government as early as Tuesday.

Tory leader Pierre Poilievre, who is far ahead in the opinion polls, has been keen on new elections since the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) terminated the coalition agreement with the Liberals earlier this month, putting the Trudeau government on the brink of collapse.

A combative Poilievre railed against Trudeau because, in his opinion, he had failed to tackle the exploding cost of living, the housing crisis and crime, while at the same time doubling the national debt.

Canada’s promise has been “broken after nine years of Liberal government,” he said during a House of Commons debate on Tuesday.

But other opposition parties, whose support is needed to oust the Liberals, are resisting his right-wing agenda.

The leader of the Liberals in the House of Representatives, Karina Gould, accused the Tories of “playing games”.

“I find it pretty lame that they are proposing another vote of no confidence tomorrow,” she said.

Immediately after the no-confidence vote, the NDP sided with the Liberals again and passed a capital gains tax bill, thus averting another political crisis.

Poilievre has vowed he will keep trying. His next opportunity to topple the government will be next week. If that fails, he will have a few more chances before the end of the year.

The separatist Bloc Québécois has also demanded concessions from the governing Liberals in order to maintain its support in parliament beyond the end of October.

Trudeau came to power with an overwhelming majority in 2015 and maintained his position by defeating two of Poilievre’s predecessors in the 2019 and 2021 elections.

The deal with the New Democratic Party to support the Liberals would have kept his government in office until the end of 2025.

However, realizing that its alignment with the Liberals could harm its popularity, the NDP withdrew from the agreement early.

According to a recent poll by Angus Reid, the Conservatives are well ahead of the Liberals with 43 percent of the vote, while the governing party is only expected to receive 21 percent. The NDP is at 19 percent.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said his party would in future examine every bill in Parliament before deciding on a vote.

The bloc’s leader, Yves-Francois Blanchette, said on Wednesday that he would try to keep the government afloat until the end of October.

However, if there is no movement on legislative priorities by then, the bloc will turn against the Liberals, he said.

In Canada’s Westminster parliamentary system, a governing party must enjoy the confidence of the House of Commons, meaning it must have the support of the majority of its members.

The Liberals currently hold 153 seats, the Conservatives 119, the Bloc Quebecois 33 and the NDP 25.