November 1st, 2024

NDP house leader says House dysfunction will be a factor in future confidence votes

By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 4, 2024.

NDP House leader Peter Julian speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Julian says his party has more work it wants to do in the House of Commons before the next election.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

OTTAWA – NDP House leader Peter Julian says there’s more his party wants to do in Parliament before the next election, but the current dysfunction continues it will become a factor in how they vote on a confidence measure.

In just three weeks, two Conservative non-confidence motions have failed to bring down the government – but the Opposition promises more to come.

The New Democrats have said they will decide how to vote on those motions a case-by-case basis.

Julian accuses the Conservatives of being “agents of chaos” in the House of Commons.

The government’s legislative agenda has ground to a halt as a debate over a matter of privilege has superseded most other business since Sept. 26.

Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says the state of affairs was “self-inflicted” by the Liberals, and it will continue until the government hands over documents related to the misspending of public funds.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2024.

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