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Trudeau May Lose Power After 3 Parties Demand More From Throne Speech

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  • Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said Wed night he won't support Throne Speech unless Justin Trudeau's Liberals remove strings from provincial healthcare funding within one week
  • NDP's Jagmeet Singh says he doesn't want to force an early election, but govt must offer support for laid-off workers and offer more paid sick leave.
  • Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says govt has failed to deliver on healthcare in pandemic
  • Earlier, Trudeau's Liberal govt in Throne Speech offered plan to restore 1m jobs still lost from pandemic, more health care funding and other social programs like daycare and fighting climate change
  • Throne Speech requires a confidence vote, which hasn't been scheduled yet. Liberals hold 154 of 338 seats in House of Commons and if they lose an election is called
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com

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