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We should have confidence in the way confidence is working in Parliament

As things stand in Canada, the opposition has more, not less control. It can choose when to call the government’s bluff and defeat the government on an issue that is important enough to trigger an election.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 6, 2020, on the Hill. It should also not be forgotten that at any time the opposition can bring a motion of non-confidence in the government, whether the government wants it or not, writes Steven Chaplin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEVEN CHAPLIN

November 23, 2020

Some commentators, such as Andrew Coyne in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, suggest that what constitutes a vote of confidence in the government should be a matter for Parliament; in essence the opposition, not the prime minister, to determine. His column followed the ...

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