Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the vote later today on the Conservative motion calling for a new study into foreign interference will not be a confidence vote.
“While there are serious constraints on what can be said in public about sensitive intelligence matters, in an effort to make Parliament work, Ms. Telford has agreed to appear at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee as part of their study,” Trudeau’s office said in a statement.
This news also follows NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh giving the Liberals an ultimatum: stop obstructing and allow her to testify or we’ll vote in favour of the motion.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the vote later today on the Conservative motion calling for a new study into foreign interference and to have his chief of staff testify, will not be considered a matter of confidence.
The Conservatives and the Bloc Quebecois wouldn't have the votes to see it pass without the NDP. In the House on Monday Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his caucus put concerted pressure on the NDP to vote with them. However, Trudeau has now clearly taken risking an election call over an election interference controversy—which could be the result of a failed confidence vote given the Liberals' minority standing—off the table, pointing to wanting to handle the issue differently and with less partisanship than the Official Opposition.
This push is an effort by Conservatives to get around a nearly 24-hour-long Liberal-led filibuster at a separate committee, that has been blocking a similar motion calling for Telford to testify from coming to a vote. "I'm actually pleased to contrast the approach that we've taken… People will see that there is an expert process that will dig into this in a non-partisan way," said the prime minister. "People can contrast this with the kind of political circus that Mr. Poilievre is trying to generate."
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