What Could Trigger an Election Now That NDP Has Broken With Liberals?

Published on September 4, 2024

The unpredictability of minority governments will make a return to the House of Commons in a few days, with the NDP having dropped out of its deal with the Liberals. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced on Sept. 4 that he had ripped up the supply-and confidence agreement that had been in place since March 2022. It was originally set to expire in June 2025 ahead of the fixed-date election in October that year. “The Liberals have let people down. They don’t deserve another chance,” Singh said in a video published on social media. He accused the Liberals of being “beholden to corporate interests,” and said only his party can stop the Conservatives....