Poilievre calls on House to back no-confidence motion [Video]

OTTAWA –

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he agrees with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on one thing: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are too weak to fight for Canadians.

Poilievre kicked off debate in the House of Commons Thursday on a cheekily worded Conservative motion designed to use Singh’s own words against him.

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The motion quotes some of Singh’s harshest language against the Liberal government along with his staunch support for organized labour.

Poilievre told the House his non-confidence motion will afford MPs the chance to vote on the “wise things that he said” when it’s expected to come up next week.

He said if Singh votes against it, that means “he does not want to take responsibility” for his words and have voters “judge his record and his plans.”

The Conservative opposition motion quotes Singh …