Tue Feb 22, 2022 – 7:16 am ESTTue Feb 22, 2022 – 8:15 am EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s House of Commons has voted in favor of a motion to confirm and maintain the Emergencies Act invoked by Justin Trudeau last week.
Trudeau won the vote Monday night with a majority of 185 votes in favor of the Emergencies Act and 151 against.
The motion will be presented to the Senate chamber this afternoon, and the debates will take place from Tuesday to Thursday next week. The Senators will then vote.
As expected, the New Democrats bolstered the minority Liberal government by voting in favor of the Act, whereas the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois opposed it.
Vote result: on a motion for confirmation of the declaration of emergency was adopted. #cdnpoli
Yeas: 185✅
Nays: 151❌ pic.twitter.com/IbGjlD8Gwa
— In the Chamber (@HoCChamber) February 22, 2022
According to a Tweet by Anthony Furey, a national columnist for Canada’s Sun newspapers, the Prime Minister himself did not show up in person for vote at the House of Commons but voted remotely.
“Trudeau didn’t even have the decency to show up in person to vote for it in the House
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