Conservatives have a plan to bring down the federal government. Will it work?
CBC
The Conservatives have shared their latest plan to bring down the Liberal government next month.
A House of Commons committee will meet in the new year to vote on a motion of non-confidence in the government.
If all goes according to the Conservatives' plan, MPs in the House of Commons could be voting on a motion of non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government as early as Jan. 30.
Parliament is currently in its six-week winter break. Until its return in late January, MPs will not be able to vote on any motions in the House of Commons.
But House of Commons standing committees can call meetings even when Parliament is on break.
Conservative MP John Williamson, who chairs the standing committee on public accounts, said in a post on X on Friday that he would convene the committee on Jan. 7 to vote on a motion of non-confidence in the Liberal government.
The idea is to get the ball rolling before the House returns, so that if the motion were to pass in committee, Williamson would be able to introduce the results — along with a recommendation that the House has no confidence in the prime minister and the government — to the House of Commons the day it returns from winter break on Jan. 27.
The non-confidence motion could then be voted on as early as Jan. 30.
"If adopted by the House, it will be a clear expression of non-confidence in Justin Trudeau's government," a Conservative news release said on Friday.
The Williamson-led panel has five Liberal MPs, four Conservative MPs, and one each from the NDP and the Bloc Québécois.
The chair votes only in the case of a tie. Committee members are allowed to abstain from voting.
It's possible that some or all of the Liberal MPs on the panel could conduct a filibuster to delay or prevent the passage of the motion by using a number of tactics.
Should that happen, Williamson said he is prepared to schedule committee meetings throughout January to force a vote to happen quickly.
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