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OTTAWA — At least one NDP MP is reluctant to bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and force a federal election if it means putting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in power.
“I have a long and consistent record of opposing Mr. Poilievre’s tactics. I do not believe he is fit for leadership and will not support his procedural games,” said NDP MP Charlie Angus, in an email to National Post, in a reference to a Conservative ploy to use the public accounts committee to quickly bring down the government in January.
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Freeland resigned hours before she was set to deliver a fall economic statement that blew past the government’s fiscal targets. In her resignation letter addressed to Trudeau posted on the social media site X, Freeland said she had argued for “eschewing costly political gimmicks” in the face of serious economic threats from the United States.
“Ms. Freeland has done enormous damage to Mr. Trudeau and it’s not clear how long this government will survive,” said Angus.
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