NDP to table non-confidence motion to bring government down, trigger election: Singh [Video]

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The New Democrats will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring down the Liberals in the next sitting of the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday.

In the latest blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s struggling Liberal government, Singh wrote a letter address to Canadians in which he doubled down on his call for Trudeau to resign but also said the NDP will vote to bring down the government, regardless of who is at its helm.

“The Liberals don’t deserve another chance,” Singh wrote. “No matter who is leading the Liberal party, this government’s time is up. We will put forward a clear motion of non-confidence in the next sitting of the House of Commons.”

That opportunity can’t happen until at least the end of January as the House rose Tuesday and isn’t currently scheduled to sit again until Jan. 27.

The NDP’s pledge to try to …