Wed Mar 22, 2023 – 8:00 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) –The NDP joined the Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons to vote against a Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) motion that would have compelled a broad investigation into election interference by China.
The CPC motion brought forward by MP Michael Cooper was titled “Opposition Motion (Instruction to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (foreign interference).”
While the motion was shot down with 177 votes against to 147 in favor, it did gain the support of the Green Party, the Bloc Québécois, and two independent MPs.
The NDP, under the leadership of Jagmeet Singh, originally said his party would vote in favor of the CPC motion if Trudeau did not agree to end a Liberal filibuster that was stopping Chief of Staff Katie Telford from testifying before the House Affairs committee on Chinese election meddling.
Yesterday, Trudeau relented, under the threat of his government being potentially forced to face a confidence vote, to have Telford testify before the House Affairs committee, most likely to gain the support of the NDP.
The CPC motion would have empowered the Standing Committee
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