A Conservative Party motion that seeks to order Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top adviser to testify on foreign interference by Beijing will not be decided through a vote of confidence, says Trudeau.
The prime minister made the comments to reporters in Ottawa on March 21 before chairing a cabinet meeting.
“No, this is not going to be a confidence motion,” Trudeau said, adding that it goes to show “how important the issue of foreign interference is” for his Liberal government.
Had it been a confidence motion, the Liberal government would’ve been forced to resign if the majority of MPs had voted for it….