Conservatives want governor general to recall Parliament for confidence vote

The federal Conservative leader says he will ask the governor general to “urgently” recall Parliament for a confidence vote.

Pierre Poilievre said it has become increasingly clear in recent days that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau no longer has the confidence of the House of Commons.

“With a U.S. president coming in threatening tariffs early next year, we cannot have a chaotic clown show running our government into the ground,” Poilievre told reporters on Friday afternoon.

NDP ready to introduce non-confidence motion

The news comes just hours after the federal NDP leader said his party will vote to bring down the Trudeau government in the new year.

Jagmeet Singh said they will put forward a non-confidence motion in the next sitting of the House of Commons.

“The Trudeau Liberals said a lot of the right things. Then they let people down again and again,” Singh said in a letter on Friday.

“No matter who is leading the Liberal Party, the government’s time is up. We will put forward a clear motion of non-confidence in the next sitting of the House of Commons.”

70% of MPs no longer support government, Poilievre claims

Poilievre said with the NDP and 18 Liberal MPs no longer having confidence in the government, the party has lost support of 70 per cent of Parliamentarians.

The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have already said they would vote in favour of a non-confidence motion.

If a non-confidence motion were to pass in the House of Commons, voters would head to the polls early to elect their next government.

It will be a few more weeks before the NDP will have the opportunity to bring forward their motion since Parliament is adjourned for the holidays and not scheduled to return until Jan. 27.

Eight MPs promoted 

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoted eight MPs as part of a major cabinet shuffle on Friday.

The changes come after Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell resignation on Monday.

It’s led to calls for Trudeau’s resignation from within his own party, but now senior Liberal MPs are calling for unity as Trudeau faces his biggest challenge to date.

New Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand says it’s a time to come together as Canada gets ready to fight a trade war with incoming President Donald Trump.

Trudeau has yet to address the resignation and those close to him have said he will take the holidays to think about his future.

The changes to Justin Trudeau’s cabinet include:

• Anita Anand becomes Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
• Gary Anandasangaree becomes Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
• Steven MacKinnon becomes Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
• Ginette Petitpas Taylor becomes President of the Treasury Board
The Prime Minister also welcomed the following new members to the Ministry:
• Rachel Bendayan becomes Minister of Official Languages and Associate Minister of Public Safety
• Élisabeth Brière becomes Minister of National Revenue
• Terry Duguid becomes Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
• Nate Erskine-Smith becomes Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
• Darren Fisher becomes Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
• David J. McGuinty becomes Minister of Public Safety
• Ruby Sahota becomes Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
• Joanne Thompson becomes Minister of Seniors