Singh Ends Confidence Deal to Prop up Justine's Government

[Herman]

This does not mean there will be a confidence vote and an election soon. Singh pension is not vested until February.

NDP rips up supply and confidence deal with Liberals
https://torontosun.com/news/national/ndp-pulling-out-of-supply-and-confidence-deal-with-liberals

OTTAWA — After propping up the Trudeau Liberals for more than two years, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pulling out of a controversial supply and confidence deal.

News broke over the noon-hour that the NDP leader would formalize the breakup Wednesday afternoon.

"Today, I notified the Prime Minister that I ripped up the supply and confidence agreement," Singh said in a video statement released on social media.

"Canadians are fighting a battle for the future of the middle class."

In an internal NDP memo obtained by The Toronto Sun, Singh accuses the Liberals of being "too weak, "too selfish" and too "beholden to corporate interests" to be a serious contender to the Conservatives in an upcoming election.

"(The Liberals) cannot be the change, they cannot restore the hope, they cannot stop the Conservatives," Singh said in the video. "But we can."

Instead of offering blanket support for every confidence vote in the House, the NDP will instead "approach every vote on its own merit."

In Nanaimo, B.C., Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre expressed skepticism that much will change after Singh's announcement, dismissing it as a publicity stunt.

"If you're serious about ending your costly carbon tax coalition with Trudeau, then commit today to voting for a carbon tax election at the earliest confidence vote in the House of Commons," he told reporters during a press conference.

Poilievre said the timing of such a confidence vote is still up in the air as the calendar for the House's fall sitting has yet to be finalized, but implied a confidence motion would be tabled early in the session.

The Liberals and NDP struck their supply and confidence agreement in March 2022, just months after  Trudeau was handed his second minority government.

Singh has come under increasing fire — from observers and members of his own party — over the deal, particularly as polls show that support for the Liberals is tanking.

Earlier this week, NDP MP Matthew Green said his party would be engaging in "tough conversations" over the future of the deal, implying it was time for the party to "revisit" the agreement, and that topic would be a subject of discussions at the party's pre-session caucus meeting next week in Montreal.

Singh will speak with reporters about exiting the deal at a press conference Thursday in Toronto.

[Shen Li]

Singh is not going to force an election before the spring of 2025.

[DKG]

The first big test could come this fall if the government tables an economic update in Parliament. If the Liberals survive, another decisive moment will be the vote on the next federal budget implementation bill, likely next spring.

They should survive the fall update, but if Trudeau's polling numbers remain in the dumpster, the NDP could bring down the government at that time.

[formosan]

I saw this on Global this morning......it gives some people some hope.

[Brent]

Don't be fooled into thinking that NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's announcement Wednesday that he's "ripping up" his supply and confidence agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau means Singh wants a snap election.

In the real world, he wants to avoid one given his party's dismal standing in the polls.

Ditto Trudeau and the Liberals, given that Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have had a double-digit lead over them in the polls for more than a year.

Hhe has no interest in an election now which is why his announcement on Wednesday was mainly political theatre. Singh and Trudeau are still joined at the hip.