Canada: Petition calling for no confidence vote against Trudeau govt garners 300K signatures

Canada: Petition calling for no confidence vote against Trudeau govt garners 300K signatures
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14 December 2023

It calls for a vote of no confidence against the Justin Trudeau government in the House of Commons, and, if it succeeded, to have elections within 45 days. Trudeau is leading a minority government and elections are not scheduled till October 2025

Toronto: A petition before the House of Commons calling for a no confidence vote against the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has garnered the maximum signatures of any in recent years.

The petition, e-4701, was initiated by Melissa Outwater, a resident of the town of Peterborough in the province of Ontario, on November 24. By Wednesday evening, it had already crossed 300,000 signatures, the maximum for any petition since Trudeau became PM in 2015.

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The petition is sponsored by Michelle Ferreri, an MP from the opposition Conservative Party.

“We the citizens of Canada have lost confidence in Justin Trudeau and the Liberal/NDP coalition,” the petition states, referring to the understanding between the ruling party of the New Democratic Party, though that is not in the form a formal coalition.

It calls for a vote of no confidence against the Trudeau government in the House of Commons, and, if it succeeded, to have elections within 45 days. Trudeau is leading a minority government and elections are not scheduled till October 2025.

 
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