Poilievre Says He’ll Put Forward Confidence Vote at Earliest Opportunity

With the minority Liberals having lost their guaranteed NDP backing to remain in power, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said he will hold a confidence vote in the government at the “earliest possible opportunity.” Poilievre said on Sept. 11 he is throwing a challenge to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to “commit unequivocally” to vote non-confidence prior to two byelections taking place on Sept. 16. “Jagmeet Singh claims that he’s torn up the supply and confidence agreement. That means he has to vote non-confidence to trigger a carbon tax election,” Poilievre told reporters in Ottawa. The agreement, struck in March 2022, saw the Liberals advance NDP policy priorities in exchange of support on key votes. The Tory leader suggested that Singh pulled out of the supply and confidence agreement last week in order to distance himself from the Liberals, who have been trailing in the polls, ahead of the byelections next week....