Bloc leader vows to seek fall election unless Trudeau, Morneau resign
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Katie Telford, the prime minister’s chief of staff, must resign. If they do not, he vows to try to force an election this fall. Blanchet’s remarks on Wednesday came as the House of Commons is set to return for one of its four scheduled summer sittings amid the coronavirus pandemic, which also comes as the government is engulfed in controversy over the WE Charity scandal. It also comes amid questions being raised about a rent relief contract that an arms-length Crown corporation awarded to a company that employs the husband of Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff.
Blanchet told reporters Trudeau, Morneau and Telford have been “mismanaging” the government and allowing them to remain in positions of power would do more damage for the country than forcing Canadians to head out to cast their ballots in the midst of the pandemic. He said he will move a motion of non-confidence in October if his demands are not met.
The Liberals won a minority government last fall, meaning they need the support of at least one other opposition party to pass legislation and survive any votes of confidence. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer ruled out trying to force a confidence vote in July, saying that decision would be left up to whoever replaces him as the new leader of the party later in August. Peter Mackay, one of the two leading contenders for that contest, told The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson in May that a fall election was “not a priority” for the country while it tackled the virus.
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