Poilievre says he will trigger non-confidence vote in Trudeau government at earliest opportunity

Pierre Poilievre says the Conservatives will put forward a non-confidence motion “at the earliest possible opportunity” when Parliament resumes this fall in an effort to trigger a federal election.

The Conservative leader is calling on Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to commit to joining his party in bringing down the Trudeau government.

“It’s put up or shut up time for the NDP,” Poilievre told reporters outside Parliament Hill’s West Block on Wednesday.

Last week, Singh announced he was ending the NDP’s supply-and-confidence agreement that had ensured the Liberal minority government’s survival for more than two years. Poilievre dismissed it as a stunt.

“Jagmeet Singh claims that he’s torn up the supply-and-confidence agreement,” Poilievre said. “That means he has to vote non-confidence.”

Poilievre claimed Singh’s timing was politically motivated with two federal byelections on Monday. The House of Commons is scheduled to return from its summer break that day.

More to come.