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Q&A | The procedure and politics that feed confidence motions

Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy behind them.

Opposition day motions—like the two used last week by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for votes of non-confidence—can be used by parties to frame themselves, says Yaroslav Baran.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

September 30, 2024

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is fresh off back-to-back non-confidence motions, and is likely to do it all over again when his party gets its next opposition day.

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