Canada’s Trudeau survives third no-confidence vote in as many months
Minority Liberal government got support of the New Democratic Party (NDP), a small leftist faction, to defeat the motion 180-152
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government on Monday survived a third vote of no confidence in as many months, brought by his main Tory rival.
The minority Liberal government got the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP), a small leftist faction once aligned with the ruling Liberals, to defeat the motion 180-152.
Neither Singh nor Trudeau were present for the vote.
The House of Commons has been deadlocked most of this autumn session by an unprecedented two-month filibuster by the Conservatives.
But Speaker Greg Fergus, in a rare move, ordered a short break in the deadlock to allow for this and other possible confidence votes, and for lawmakers to vote on a key spending measure.