NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has officially announced he will put forward a non-confidence motion to trigger an election in the next parliamentary sitting.
This means the next general election could be called between Jan. 27 and Feb. 14, after the House of Commons returns from its holiday break.
In a letter shared on social media Friday, Singh said the “Liberals don’t deserve another chance” and that the NDP would vote to bring Trudeau’s government down.
“No matter who is leading the Liberal Party, this government’s time is up,” the letter said. “We will put forward a clear motion of non-confidence in the next sitting of the House of Commons.”
He renewed calls for the prime minister to resign.
“Canadians can come together and build a country where we take better care of each other. A country where we create good jobs. Stand up to the threats of Trump’s tariffs,” he said. “And where everyone has a chance to succeed. I will be working hard to build a movement that can win in the next election.”
Justin Trudeau failed in the biggest job a Prime Minister has: to work for people, not the powerful.
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) December 20, 2024
The NDP will vote to bring this government down, and give Canadians a chance to vote for a government who will work for them. pic.twitter.com/uqklF6RrUX
Singh called on Trudeau to resign earlier this week but stopped short of saying he would support a non-confidence vote against a Liberal government led by someone else. NDP House leader Peter Julian did indicate that the NDP would vote against the government on a confidence vote, but not until late February or early March.
This was criticized as the timeline coincided with Singh’s pension eligibility date on Feb. 25, 2025.
The news comes as dozens of Liberal MPs have asked Trudeau to resign. Trudeau’s deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned just hours before she was set to deliver the Fall Economic Statement Monday. This triggered a fresh wave of uncertainty and tumult for the Liberals, who have been trailing in the polls by upwards of 20 points behind the Conservatives for some time.
Recent polling from Abacus Data taken in the hours following Freeland’s resignation suggests that nearly six in ten Canadians want an election now.
Singh and the NDP have been the only party keeping Trudeau in power since the Bloc Quebecois pulled support in late October.
After Singh announced that he had “ripped up” the supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals, he voted confidence in Justin Trudeau 11 times. Since the 2021 election, the NDP has voted confidence in the government 286 times.
