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Jagmeet Singh says he won’t play Pierre Poilievre’s “game”
The Conservatives cleverly drafted a no-confidence motion by quoting a statement Jagmeet Singh made criticizing the minority Liberal government.
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All eyes are set on the Canadian House of Commons as opposition Conservatives move their third no-confidence motion on Thursday, the draft of which is based on the recent statements made by the leader of New Democrats, Jagmeet Singh.
The Conservatives cleverly drafted a no-confidence motion by quoting a statement criticizing the minority Liberal government Jagmeet Singh made while tearing down the confidence and supply agreement with the Government early this year.
Notably, two earlier no-confidence motions against the government were defeated last month as both Bloc Quebecois and NDP voted against them.
Reacting to the wording of the motion, Singh said he “won't play Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's games by voting to bring down the government on an upcoming non-confidence motion.”
The motion quotes Singh's criticism of the Liberals and asks the House of Commons to declare that it agrees with Singh and has no confidence in the government. Singh said he is not going to trigger an election as he believes Poilievre would rescind the programs the NDP fought for.
The motion is expected to be introduced on Thursday and the debate and vote are set for Dec. 2.
"We are frankly not going to allow him to cut the things that people need. I want to actually have dental care expanded, I want people to start to benefit from the pharma care legislation we passed," Singh said.
With the NDP's expected support, the Liberals should survive this next confidence vote brought forward by the Conservatives. During the two earlier no-confidence motions moved by the Conservatives, both Bloc Quebecois and NDP voted against the motions.
However, since the last motion, Bloc Quebecois had announced that it would not support the Liberals anymore after they refused its demand to extend senior citizens benefits to all above 65 by ending the present system of segregating them into different age groups.
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