Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government has lost the crucial backing of its ally, the New Democratic Party (NDP), ahead of the general election next year. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced the withdrawal of support in a video message shared on social media.
“The Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to stop the Conservatives and their plans to cut. But the NDP can. Big corporations and CEOs have had their governments. It’s the people’s time,” Singh wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
The deal is done.
The Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to stop the Conservatives and their plans to cut. But the NDP can.
Big corporations and CEOs have had their governments. It’s the people’s time. pic.twitter.com/BsE9zT0CwF
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) September 4, 2024
Singh emphasized that the primary challenge now is to prevent the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, from prioritizing corporate interests over Canadian families and young people.
Singh warned of impending Conservative cuts, stating, “The threat of Pierre Poilievre and Conservative cuts. From workers, from retirees, from young people, from patients, from families — he will cut in order to give more to big corporations and wealthy CEOs.”
Singh also stated that the NDP is prepared for an election and will consider voting non-confidence on every confidence measure going forward.
The two leaders had reached a cooperation agreement in 2022 to strengthen the Liberal minority government. This deal, initially set to last until October next year, is now coming to an abrupt end. An NDP spokesperson revealed that the decision to end the agreement had been in motion for the past two weeks.
