NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will bring forward a motion of non-confidence to bring down the Trudeau government in the next sitting of the House of Commons.
“The Liberals don’t deserve another chance,” Singh wrote in a letter on Friday. “That’s why the NDP will vote to bring this government down.”
I guess it’s PP time…
Yeah, WTF is he thinking? At least wait until October after we’ve had a chance to put out the Trump fire a bit.
Hopefully it’s a bluff to get Trudeau to resign, but that’s not really the typical NDP MO.
I hope so too but it doesn’t really seem like a smart move since it’d make their threats seem empty (though actually going through with this isn’t smart either…)
WTF is he thinking?
For better or worse, he’s probably reached the point where he thinks they need to cut all remaining ties to the Liberals, and not be seen as propping them up, formally or otherwise.
And that’s worth a PP government? IMO he’s lost the plot if that’s his entire line of thinking.
Yeah, WTF is he thinking? At least wait until October after we’ve had a chance to put out the Trump fire a bit.
Could it be thay he hopes the conservatives will take the fall for Trump’s chaos and be out of power quicker? Thats the only other angle Im seeing here.
That would be a galaxy brain 4D chess move. And pretty edgy honestly - that’s a lot of damage done just for the sake of political points.
I actually lean towards less-strategic, lower-pragmatism answers for this particular party. They have a reputation for blind partisanship.
We’re doomed. Probably.
Yup, and gov is in vacation until Jan 27th, so when they wil go back to work, Trump in its first week may have already destroyed a couple of things here and there in our economy
Can this wait until Feb 1? Give Canadians a bit more of a chance to see the US get fucked first.
First sitting on the 27th, to be exact. Source.
Yeah, I’m panicking a lot less now. And depending on the exact rules JT could prorogue it even further.
Somebody in the media mentioned a Liberal leadership election; if he goes that way I’ll be “kalm” again.
A Liberal leadership convention would require ~4-5 months. The Liberals would name an interim leader elected by caucus if JT steps down.
Get ready for one of the ugliest campaigns in living memory.
“The Liberals don’t deserve another chance,”
And Conservatives shouldn’t even get a chance, yet Singh is handing them power on a silver plate.
Burning down the country and democracy in the West “to own the Libs” sounds like a plan we may never recover from.
The Conservatives will win either way. There’s nothing in the next 10 months that would prevent the Conservatives from winning short of PP beating up children.
Voting no confidence now allows the NDP to viably compete for seats like Ottawa Centre where the liberals are weak and rebuild their influence and standing in the house. I don’t see why it’s the duty of every left-leaning party to prop up the Liberals as the natural governing party. Waiting 10 months isn’t going to cause the NDP to sweep into government, it might at best just delay the inevitable if they’re lucky, but more likely delaying will catastrophically wipe out their party by making them look like Liberal stage props.
It’s about optics.
Canada is one of the last few full democracies out there, and seeing how the United States has already failed, to give up and surrender sends a strong message to other nations that democracy just doesn’t work.
So you’re saying that if a viable parliamentary democracy is functioning as intended, it has failed?
Its not giving up and surrendering for the NDP to not support thr liberals. Unconditionally supporting them no matter what because of fear of the conservatives would be surrendering.
I don’t see why it’s the duty of every left-leaning party to prop up the Liberals as the natural governing party.
It’s the third party fallacy all over again.
