Non-confidence motion to come to vote, more to come [Video]

Members of Parliament will cast their first confidence vote of the fall sitting on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in Ottawa and expected to be in the House of Commons for the vote, which is scheduled for after question period.

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The test of his Liberal government was brought through a Conservative opposition day motion, tabled by Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Writing on social media this morning, Poilievre set up the vote as a choice “to give Canadians the carbon tax election they want.” 

The question MPs are being asked to vote on this afternoon is brief: do they agree that “the House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the government”?

Stating they aren’t yet ready to help Poilievre force Canadians into an early election that polling indicates the Conservatives would likely win, the Bloc …