Poilievre writes to GG after Singh declares non-confidence [Video]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, imploring her to “use your authority to inform the prime minister that he must” recall the House of Commons so a non-confidence vote can be held. This move comes in light of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh publishing a letter stating his caucus “will vote to bring this government down” sometime in 2025.

Poilievre told reporters on Parliament Hill on Friday afternoon he was taking this step “so the prime minister can judge whether he stays in power.”

Despite indicating he would be asking Simon to “urgently reconvene Parliament,” his letter to her does not state that exactly. It asks her to “confer with” the prime minister “to ensure that he understands his constitutional duty.”

This latest pressure — coupled with the NDP, after months of being non-committal, pulling out the only pillar of parliamentary support the embattled Liberal government was relying on to stay in power — …