The Bloc Québécois (BQ) has 33 deputies in the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament. The main opposition group, the Conservative Party (PC), which has 119 deputies, has been pressing to advance the elections scheduled for October 2025. On the other hand, the New Democratic Party (NDP), with 25 deputies, had been supporting Trudeau's Government along with the Liberal Party, but in early September announced that they would stop backing it; however, they are not in favor of a motion of censure at this moment.
The situation complicates even further for Trudeau's Government as it faces an internal crisis within the Liberal Party. A group of 24 liberal deputies signed a letter calling for Trudeau's resignation as party leader and prime minister due to a decline in the polls. Despite this, Trudeau declared on October 24 that he has no plans to resign and will seek re-election in the next call to the polls.
Amid this scenario, the leader of the Bloc Québécois, Yves-Francois Blanchet, announced that they have started talks to present a motion of censure against Trudeau's Government. Blanchet mentioned that the Government did not meet the conditions they had demanded to maintain their support, such as backing legislative proposals on pensions and the protection of the dairy industry, which were rejected by the Liberal Party.
It is important to highlight that Trudeau's Liberal Party has only 153 deputies, which leaves it in need of support from some opposition group to remain in power.
