Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre threatened the confidence vote Wednesday after the House of Commons defeated his motion to stop the annual carbon price increase.
WATCH: Wednesday's question period in Canada's House of Commons continued its heated debate on carbon pricing leading up to April 1st, when a proposed hike is scheduled to increase by 23 per cent. During the heated debate, the House Speaker warned Poilievre about using unparliamentary language, after the Opposition Leader said the “prime minister once again demonstrates that he is a fake and he is a phony.
Poilievre introduced the motion earlier this week to stop the annual carbon price increase, which is set to rise to $80 per tonne on April 1 from the current $64 per tonne. A non-confidence vote allows members of Parliament to either affirm their support for the current cabinet or force an ousting.The NDP have an agreement with the Liberals to support them on confidence matters in exchange for pushing legislative priorities like pharmacare.This is the final sitting week for MPs before April 1, and the Conservatives signalled plans to use a variety of legislative tools to stop the carbon price increase.top news stories from Canada and around the world.
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