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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday survived a second no-confidence vote in as many weeks, brought again by his main Tory rival in a bid to oust his beleaguered Liberals.
The 207 to 121 vote was largely a repeat of the Conservatives’ failed attempt last week to trigger a snap election, which saw two smaller factions in parliament side with Trudeau’s minority government.
The motion accused the government of failing to address the housing crisis, rising crime and cost of living, and was accused of being “the most centralized government in Canadian history”.
With a 20-point lead in opinion polls, Tory leader Pierre Poilever has been itching to go to the polls since the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) struck a coalition deal with the Liberals last month. was broken, which posed threats to the Trudeau administration. Dropped
But the NDP and other opposition parties, whose support is needed to bring down the Liberals, have pushed back against his right-wing agenda.
Still, Poilievre is determined to keep trying.
In Canada’s Westminster parliamentary system, the ruling party must win the confidence of the House of Commons, which means maintaining the support of a majority of members.
The Liberals currently hold 153 seats, compared to 119 for the Conservatives, 33 for the Bloc Québécois, and 25 for the NDP.
Trudeau took office in 2015, and managed to retain through two ballots in 2019 and 2021.
But his popularity has waned and he has suffered a series of setbacks in recent months, including by-election defeats in two of his party’s strongholds.
A deal with the New Democratic Party to prop up the Liberals would have kept his government in place until the end of 2025.
But the NDP, seeing its alignment with the Liberals as hurting its popularity, soon pulled out of the deal.
Most analysts told AFP they don’t expect to participate in Canadian elections before the spring of 2025, but added that the situation is fluid.
Meanwhile, the Liberals have been left vulnerable as they seek to continue governing in a broken parliament.
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