Canada’s Trudeau survives no-confidence vote in latest test for his gov’t
Al Jazeera
No-confidence motion fails to pass in House of Commons, but Justin Trudeau faces more challenges ahead.
Justin Trudeau has survived a no-confidence vote in Canada’s Parliament, the latest test for the embattled Canadian prime minister, who has seen his popularity plummet in recent years.
Legislators voted 211-120 on Wednesday to defeat a motion by the opposition Conservative Party that declared a lack of confidence in Trudeau’s minority Liberal government.
“Today was a good day for the country because I don’t think Canadians want an election,” said Karina Gould, the senior Liberal lawmaker in charge of government business in the House of Commons.
The vote came just weeks after the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) announced its abrupt withdrawal from a 2022 agreement to prop up Trudeau’s government, a move that left the Liberals more vulnerable to a no-confidence measure.
The prime minister, who has been in power since 2015, has seen his popularity plummet amid soaring costs of living and a deepening housing crisis.
