Prime Minister Mark Carney survived a snap election vote Wednesday night after opposition parties voted in favour of the Throne Speech in a confidence vote 82 days into his term. MPs mustered enough votes to topple the Liberals but acknowledged Canadians “don’t want an election right now,” said one party leader, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “If photo ops and phony rhetoric actually got things done in this country then Justin Trudeau would still be prime minister,” said Opposition House Leader Andrew Scheer. He ridiculed Carney as “the man with the plan,” “the guy we hire in a crisis” who has yet to act on campaign promises.“The Prime Minister says he is the man with the plan,” Scheer earlier told the Commons. “Slogans are not as efficient as plans, yet there is no plan.”.Opposition parties mustered 173 nays on a Vote For Address In Reply To The Speech From The Throne, enough to defeat the Liberals on a confidence measure. MPs instead allowed it to pass without a recorded vote on warnings the 45th Parliament may be short-lived.“Canadians don’t want an election right now but they also sent us here to take principled positions and advocate for the policies we know working people need,” New Democrat leader Don Davies told reporters.“We have no problem as a New Democrat caucus saying this Throne Speech just doesn’t deliver for Canadians.”“You don’t have confidence in the government?” asked a reporter.“We can’t support a Throne Speech that so badly misses the mark,” replied Davies.“The Throne Speech doesn’t even mention the words ‘health care,’” said Davies. Also omitted was any reference to public housing, he said.“The words ‘employment insurance’ do not appear,” added Davies..Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet earlier criticized the Prime Minister for postponing his 2025 budget for six months.“They do not table a budget, which I could understand because they didn’t have much time, but they don’t even table an economic update,” Blanchet told reporters May 15.“Don’t expect the people or us to say, ‘Okay, do whatever you want, explain nothing, and we will let you go with it. We have a mandate, and our mandate is to shed light on what might be happening in terms of public finances in the coming months.”Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon did not comment on last evening’s close call. “We have an exciting, ambitious agenda for Canada,” he told reporters.“Although we are in a minority Parliament, we believe we have a mandate to deliver on our program for Canadians.”
