Trudeau’s precedent-setting move on test of confidence suggests he’s willing ‘to take things to the brink’ of a snap election, say politicos

'The government has, for now, established that it’s willing to take things to the brink, if it has to, and it’s not afraid of an election,' says Queen's University professor Kathy Brock.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 16, 2020, survived another test of confidence over the creation of an 'anti-corruption' committee, a charge led by the Conservatives. It failed to win support from the NDP and the Greens, but the official opposition is vying to pass another motion that would assign the Health Committee the job of poring over documents related to the pandemic response. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Beatrice Paez and Palak Mangat

October 22, 2020

The decision to hold a confidence vote over the creation of a committee with powerful investigative authority raises questions about the precedent the Liberals may have set, inadvertently or not, says one strategist. Conservat...

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