Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written a letter to his NDP counterpart asking Jagmeet Singh to pull his party’s support for the Liberal government so Canadians can go to the polls this fall instead of next year as planned.

“Canadians can’t afford or even endure another year of this costly coalition. No one voted for you to keep Trudeau in power. You do not have a mandate to drag out his government another year,” Poilievre wrote in his letter.

“Pull out of the costly coalition and vote non-confidence in the government this September to trigger a carbon tax election in October of THIS YEAR. Or you will forever be known as ‘Sellout Singh,’” Poilievre said.

Poilievre’s challenge to Singh comes as the parties square off in a federal byelection in Manitoba, a Sept. 16 vote that is expected to be a competitive two-way race between the Conservative and NDP candidates.

  • Swordgeek
    26·
    20 days ago

    He didn’t ‘ask’ Singh to pull out, he goaded him like a schoolyard bully, taunting and calling names.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      20 days ago

      Singh wasn’t the intended audience for the letter, voters were. I’m guessing it was mostly aimed at Poilievre’s base, but maybe it was intended to catch some others too.

    • OminousOrange
      16·
      20 days ago

      Definitely an effective way to make a political ally.

      However, it’s possibly intended to be that way. Now he can tell his base that he asked the NDP to join him and they refused.