Legault wants Bloc to help trigger election, vote against Trudeau Liberals in non-confidence motion | CBC News

Legault wants Bloc to help trigger election, vote against Trudeau Liberals in non-confidence motion | CBC News

Quebec’s premier appears to want a federal election to take place sooner rather than later. In a brief statement to reporters at the National Assembly on Thursday, Legault expressed his disagreement with the Bloc Québécois’s decision to support Justin Trudeau’s Liberal minority government in a non-confidence motion that is expected next week.  For months, Legault said, he’s…

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Bloc Québécois says end of Liberal-NDP deal is ‘window of opportunity’ for party | CBC News

Bloc Québécois says end of Liberal-NDP deal is ‘window of opportunity’ for party | CBC News

The Bloc Québécois says its ready to wheel and deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party for support during confidence votes now that the Liberal government’s supply-and-confidence agreement with the NDP has ended. That support won’t come cheap, the Quebec-based Bloc said, and the sovereigntist party led by Yves-François Blanchet has already drawn up a…

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Given polls, NDP likely in no rush to force federal election, says Charlottetown MP | CBC News

Given polls, NDP likely in no rush to force federal election, says Charlottetown MP | CBC News

Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he doubts a federal election will be triggered by the NDP’s decision Wednesday to end its supply-and-confidence agreement with the governing Liberals. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made the announcement Wednesday to end the deal, putting the minority Liberal government susceptible to a non-confidence vote that could bring the government down. “I…

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