The disdain in the House of Commons came despite a letter Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc wrote to opposition party leaders that urged them to wrap up second-reading debate on Bill C-19 on Friday so it could be sent to a House of Commons committee for greater scrutiny and possible amendments.While he insisted the government remains focused on steering the country through the pandemic, LeBlanc noted an election could be triggered at any time in a minority Parliament.
The budget is bound to be controversial and any vote on it will be a confidence matter, meaning the minority Liberal government would fall if all three of the main opposition parties were to vote against it. New Democrat Daniel Blaikie said he wants to see the bill go to committee, but said it is incumbent on all parties to work together and avoid an election, noting the risks to public health and of disenfranchising voters over concerns about virus transmission.“There has been and ought to continue to be an overriding sense of responsibility to work together,” he said during debate.
Elections Canada has warned about the potential dangers of putting polls in seniors’ residences and that election workers could be hard to recruit, among other concerns. “But there seems to be a dissonance between what the minister responsible and what individual Liberal members are doing because we have most of the time for debate today being taken up by Liberal members giving speeches.”
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
How about don't have an election during a pandemic? Wow crazy idea?
planning something, are we?
JustinTrudeau assured people there would not be an early election. I don't understand? Was he just lying?
Why do we need to have an election?
Should be mandatory that no election during a crisis.
For a party responsible for over +22000 dead they sure want an election soon
We can an should wait until this pandemic is over...
Nobody wants this fucking election to be 'fortified'.
A good idea but of course must be the last thing people are worried about as Covid rise. But never mind because the gov is hiring minor celebrities to influence public opinion on social media 😖
Trudeau - “I don’t want an election during a pandemic, but hey guys hurry up and let us pass our Safe Election bill.”
Almost like they think there's an election coming.
It is less that the Liberals want an election, and more that this bill was introduced at the start of December and we are at the end of March and they are still debating the second reading. Anything can happen between now and when we expect the pandemic to be dealt with.