Poilievre Writes to Singh Asking to Drop Liberal Support, Trigger Fall Election

Published on August 29, 2024

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has increased his pressure on NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to pull out of his supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals keeping the minority government in power. In an undated letter to Singh posted on social media on Aug. 29, Poilievre asks the NDP to vote non-confidence in the government as early as this September to “trigger a carbon tax election” in October 2024. The House of Commons has been on break since June and will reconvene for the fall session in mid-September. The Liberals and the NDP have been in a supply and confidence agreement since March 2022, in which the governing Liberals implement policies favoured by the NDP to receive backing for crucial votes in the House. The agreement is in place until June 2025, whereas the next election is scheduled for October 2025....

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