Jagmeet Singh has announced he is ending the NDP’s supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal Party.
Writing on X, Singh said “the deal is done.”
“The Liberals are too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests to stop the Conservatives and their plans to cut. But the NDP can.
“Big corporations and CEOs have had their governments. It's the people's time.”
Singh's move increases the likelihood of a federal election before the required date of Oct. 20, 2025 because Trudeau's minority government – which relied on the NDP to pass laws and defend itself against confidence motions – will now be more vulnerable to collapse.
The NDP made the deal with the Liberals in 2022. It was supposed to stay in place until 2025.
Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre has not celebrated the news.
In a post on X, he branded Singh's announcement a "media stunt" because he "refuses to state whether the NDP will vote with non-confidence to cause a carbon tax election at the first chance."
He added: "Canadians need a carbon tax election NOW to decide between the Costly Coalition of NDP-Liberals who tax your food, punish your work, take your money, double your housing costs and unleash crime and drugs in your communities OR common sense Conservatives who will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget, and stop the crime."
It comes a week after Poilievre's Conservatives, who have been riding high in the polls for more than a year, called on "Sellout Singh" to withdraw from the agreement with the Liberals.
Poilievre has long called for Singh to ditch Trudeau, claiming the Canadian people want a "carbon tax election" after nearly nine years of Liberal rule.
The news also comes after the release of a poll from the Angus Reid Institute that put the Conservatives more than 20 points ahead of the Liberals.
Singh's NDP was at 19 per cent in that survey, two points behind the Liberals.
The Liberals are yet to comment on Singh's announcement.
