OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) –– Leader of Canada’s Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre said that at the “earliest possible opportunity” he will bring forth a non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government which, if successful, would force an immediate election.
“I’m announcing the common-sense Conservatives will put forward a non-confidence motion at the earliest possible opportunity,” said Poilievre to reporters at a press conference in Ottawa Wednesday.
Poilievre said that it is “put up or shut up time for the NDP” under its leader Jagmeet Singh, who pulled his official support for Trudeau’s Liberals on September 4.
“If you’re pulling out, you have to vote non-confidence. If you don’t, you’re still in the agreement, no matter what your video stunt would have everyone else believe,” said Poilievre.
He then questioned whether the NDP will vote non-confidence to “bring down the costly coalition and trigger a carbon tax election,” or if Singh instead will “sell out Canadians again?”
For a non-confidence motion to be successful, Poilievre will need the direct support of both the NDP and separatist Bloc Québécois.
Parliament is set to resume sitting next week.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Bloc Québécois recently hinted that an alliance between the separatist party and the Liberals under Trudeau could become a reality. However, Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet has since flip-flopped and said this would not be the case.
As for Singh, on Wednesday he would not commit to voting with the Conservatives, instead saying he would “make a determination of what’s in the best interest of Canadians.”
Regardless of the outcome, Trudeau political woes continue to mount. LifeSiteNews recently reported how national elections campaign director for the Liberal Party announced he was stepping down because, according to sources close to the party, he does not think Trudeau can win a fourth consecutive election.
The most recent poll, which was taken after Singh terminated his agreement with Trudeau, shows that were an election held today, Poilievre’s Conservatives would grab 51 percent of voters in Ontario alone, the highest number ever recorded.
Canada-wide, 45 percent of Canadians said they would vote Conservative, with the Liberals coming in at second place with 25 percent, followed by the NDP at 15 percent.