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A Conservative MP has backed a petition calling for the House of Commons to hold a vote of non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
The online petition, e-4701, is available on the Commons website and is supported by MP Michelle Ferreri, who represents the riding of Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont.
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Of the signatures collected nationwide, Ontario leads the tally with 65,244, followed by Alberta at 44,576 and Nunavut last on the list with 44 signatures.
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“Misery is a powerful motivator and clearly this petition is elevating the voices of Canadians who are sick of the Trudeau-mposed misery and want a leader and a government they can trust,” Ferreri wrote on Facebook on Nov. 30, The Peterborough Examiner reported.
The petition, which calls for a snap election, has garnered more than 174,000 signatures in the 10 days since it was started on Nov. 24. It was put forward by Peterborough resident Melissa Outwater, who runs a Facebook page highly critical of Trudeau. Freedom Through Unity Peterborough/Kawartha includes posts from people mistrusting of government and COVID-19 policies, the Examiner found.
The petition, open until Dec. 24, is unlikely to succeed no matter how many signatures it garners, James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation told The European Conservative.
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“The only votes that count are those of MPs and as long as Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberals have a confidence and supply agreement with the New Democratic Party (NDP) he can survive any confidence vote,” Carafano explained. “This is a stunt to embarrass the Liberals and the NDP, without any prospect of success.”
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The government responds to all petitions presented to the House of Commons within 45 days or the next sitting day if it is not in session, the House website says.
The call for the no-confidence vote is precipitated in part by the lack of affordability and housing, according to the petition.
“The policies of this government aren’t aligning with the crisis Canada is facing: housing costs, infringement of civil liberties, highest inflation in history, unbalanced immigration policies, taxation to the point of poverty, weakening of our economy by importing natural resources that Canada already has and under-utilizes,” the petition states.
“Based on the past eight years of this Prime Minister, Canadians do not have confidence in this Prime Minister, after five ethics investigations and Canada’s reputation being tarnished on a global scale under his leadership,” it adds.
Trudeau’s approval rating as of October 2023 is at 33 per cent, according to the Angus Reid Institute.
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