Refer Report
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a second vote of no confidence.
AFP news agency reported that Prime Minister Trudeau was able to maintain power with 207 votes of confidence to 121 votes of no confidence in a vote of no confidence held in the Canadian House of Commons on the 1st (local time). This vote of no confidence is the second since the one on the 26th of last month, and both were proposed by the main opposition party, the Conservative Party.
The Conservatives criticized Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberal government for failing to address housing shortages, rising prices and rising crime, and calling it “the most centralized government in Canadian history.” The Conservative Party, which has an approval rating of up to 20 percentage points ahead in various opinion polls, needed a victory to pull out an early general election, but failed to achieve its goal as it failed to secure the support of the progressive New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Quebecois Party.
The Canadian House of Commons currently consists of 153 seats for the Liberal Party, 119 seats for the Conservative Party, 32 seats for the Bloc Quebecois Party, 24 seats for the New Democratic Party, and 2 seats for the Green Party. Canada’s general election is scheduled for October next year.
Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberal Party won the 2021 general election and maintained its position as the largest party, but failed to obtain a majority. Accordingly, the Liberal Party formed a policy alliance with the equally progressive New Democratic Party, launched a government, and has been running state affairs.
However, the Liberal Party’s political position became vulnerable as the New Democratic Party announced last month that it would withdraw from the policy alliance, claiming that the government was not properly responding to rising prices. However, the New Democratic Party does not support a vote of no confidence led by the Conservative Party, which has a different policy orientation.
Senior Reporter Park Byeong-su suh@hani.co.kr
Source: Korean