Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, under pressure from the Conservatives, on Monday survived yet another attempt to bring it down.
The opposition, led by Pierre Poilievre, who is on a roll according to the polls, has for several weeks chosen to take a harder line, accusing Mr Trudeau in particular of ‘being weak.’
The next general election must be held by 20 October 2025 at the latest, but many analysts believe the government has little chance of holding out until then.
On Monday, the government again obtained the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP), its former left-wing ally, to block the Conservative motion. In the end, the motion was defeated by 180 votes to 152.
Unpopular and weakened by several recent political setbacks, Mr Trudeau's Liberals had already survived two no-confidence this autumn.
The Canadian House of Commons currently has 153 Liberal MPs, 119 Conservatives, 33 from the Bloc Québécois, 25 from the NDP, two Greens and four independents.
However, the autumn session of Parliament has been reduced to a trickle, with the consideration of bills blocked by the opposition, forcing the Speaker of the House to intervene last week to allow certain budget measures to be voted on, an unprecedented situation for the North American country.
