On September 26th, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poièvre stands up during question period in Ottawa.Adrian Wilde/Canadian Press
Conservative Leader Pierre Poièvre, unfazed by his party’s previous failure to oust the Liberal government this week, is threatening another failure as fiery partisan rhetoric continues to derail proceedings in the volatile parliament. He pushed the confidence motion onto the House of Commons agenda.
House Speaker Greg Fergus on Wednesday denied Mr. Poièvre the opportunity to question the government after the Conservative leader refused to make amends for naming NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a tense exchange last week. He declared that he would take it three times. Mr Fergus told the House of Commons that Mr Singh had apologized for his role in the disturbance.
“Party leaders have a heavy responsibility to lead by example. Rigorous debates and even serious disagreements are possible without resorting to such comments and actions,” Fergus said in his judgment. Ta.
The National Democratic Party and the Liberal Party criticized the punishment as insufficient, pointing out that other members of the Diet who refused to apologize were not allowed to speak at all. Mr Poilievre stood up during question period and did not address the issue, deriding the latest no-confidence motion, which was framed around the party’s key talking points such as current housing and food costs, crime rates and rising crime. . government.
The motion, which was simply a sign that the House had lost confidence in the government, failed by a vote of 211 to 120, with the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP voting alongside the Liberals.
The NDP’s decision to withdraw previous agreements supporting the Liberal Party in exchange for action on certain NDP priorities is a major reason why there is now so much uncertainty about the Liberal Party’s future.
Without an NDP agreement, the Liberals must at least secure the support of other parties to pass the bill. In order for the government to topple, the three opposition parties must vote together to overthrow the government. A vote on the Conservatives’ latest motion is expected to take place on Tuesday. Another vote of confidence is expected on Wednesday after the Conservatives removed changes to the capital gains regime from the agenda earlier this week.
Brock has said its support is not indefinite, and the party is prepared to vote to reject the minority Liberal Party if it does not pass two specific bills by Oct. 29. . The Liberals have not yet said whether they agree. One of the demands, increasing senior benefits, is estimated by Congressional budget officials to cost $16 billion over five years, or more than $3.5 billion a year if fully realized. Implemented.
The NDP has not yet set the terms of how it will proceed. NDP MP Alistair McGregor said Thursday his party is not going to play the Conservatives’ “stupid games” and will not support this latest motion.
Thursday’s debate on the motion followed a similar pattern to the first motion. The Conservative-led debate over Canada’s current socio-economic state and the need to go to the polls was met with accusations from other parties that Mr. Poilievre disagreed. The Speaker repeatedly interjected, asking MPs to cool down.
However, confidence in the speaker himself was put to the test as members of the Diet fought with him over the exchanges that had come under intense scrutiny the day before.
During Question Period on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mr. Poièvre argued over expensive bathroom finishes inside the Canadian consul general’s residence in New York.
Prime Minister Trudeau opened his response by discussing engagement with international leaders. From across the aisle, I heard jeers about the fight in the bathtub and about the upper bunk of the Consul General’s bunk.
Prime Minister Trudeau said the remarks were homophobic and prompted a public outcry and complaints from the chamber. The presiding officer said he did not know who said what and did not make a ruling at this time. Much later on Wednesday, Alberta Conservative MP Garnet Genuis was identified as the originator of the comments about the bathtub.
Genui pointed out Thursday that the official House debate record records him saying, “Is he arguing with them in the bathtub?” And the homophobic accusations were false and defamatory.
Mr Genui said the Prime Minister’s answer had nothing to do with his question, his point was to explain it, and that fact-finding meetings do not take place in bathtubs. Ta.
“It has nothing to do with sex. I wasn’t thinking about sex at all,” he said.
MPs from other parties strongly opposed this, heckled Mr Genui throughout and demanded that Mr Fergus issue a formal ruling on the matter. He stood up several times to quiet the floor and muted his microphone, but eventually indicated he would consider the request.
“I’m moving on,” he said. But the cries continued, in a sign that lawmakers might not do so.
