The NDP leader, who initially propped up the Liberal government, is now demanding Trudeau's resignation following the finance minister's departure. While Singh hasn't set a timeline for a potential vote of non-confidence, his stance highlights the escalating political instability.
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh began 2024 by propping up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ’s minority government. He is ending the year calling for Trudeau’s resignation. Singh's gradual effort to limit his alliance with the Liberals hastened this week after Trudeau's finance minister quit, plunging the government into more political chaos and raising questions about whether Trudeau can even stay on as prime minister much longer.
But Singh is still not putting any kind of timeline on when his party will join the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois to defeat the government and trigger an election. After Chrystia Freeland's sudden departure — a move blamed entirely on Trudeau who told her he she would be replaced as finance minister — Singh said it is time for Trudeau to resign. But when asked if that means his party will vote non-confidence in the government at the next opportunity, he said only'all options are on the table.' The Canadian Press sat down with Singh for a year end interview on Dec. 10, before Freeland’s resignation changed the course of Canadian politics. In the conversation he laid out his thinking about why he has supported the Liberals to date, and what happens next. “The choice in the next election is going to come down to the Liberals have let people down, people don't want to give them another chance, so it's going to be between Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, who want to cut the things you need, or new Democrats who want to make your life more affordable. That choice is going to be real,” Singh said. The supply and confidence agreement Singh made with Trudeau in 2022 was to see the NDP support the Liberals on key votes in exchange for the Liberals acting on NDP priorities like dental care and pharmacare. Singh pulled the NDP out of that deal in September saying that the Liberals are “too beholden to corporate interests” after ordering binding arbitration in rail and airline job action over the summe
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