Adedokun Waliyu 
With the PM schussing away his troubles on a British Columbia ski slope, the Conservatives are making sure a non-confidence vote is among the first orders of business once the House of Commons resumes sitting.
In a press release issued Friday, the Conservatives said they are planning to introduce a government-toppling motion of non-confidence via a Tory-chaired committee.
“On Jan. 7, the powerful public accounts committee will be recalled to vote on moving a motion of non-confidence in the Liberal Government to the House of Commons as soon as it returns following the winter break,” reads the release.
“Conservatives will move a simple and straightforward motion, stating that the committee report to the House the following recommendation: That the House has no confidence in the Prime Minister and the Government.”
The public accounts committee is chaired by Conservative MP John Williamson.
Once the committee passes the motion, it could be put up to vote as early as Jan. 30.
While the Tories and Bloc Quebecois have been trying for months to collapse the minority Trudeau government via a confidence vote, their efforts have been stymied by the NDP, who — despite publicly tearing-up their two-year-old Supply and Confidence agreement with the Liberals — have continued to prop up the struggling government. The NDP defeated eight separate confidence motions during the fall session, including one crafted out of Leader Jagmeet Singh’s own words.
While Singh now insists they’ll introduce a motion themselves, timed for late February or early March, it remains to be seen if the New Democrats will support a confidence motion they don’t introduce themselves.
Parliament is currently on a six-week Christmas break, with the House of Commons due to reconvene on Monday, Jan. 27.
