New Democrats will not cave to demands from the Bloc Québécois and Conservative leaders to help them bring down the Liberal government, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday.
His party is now all that stands between Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and an early election, with the other two opposition parties pledging to try to topple the minority government at the next opportunity.
On Tuesday, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he will make good on his threat to work with the other opposition parties to bring the Liberals down with a non-confidence vote.
The Conservatives and Bloc together do not have enough MPs to do that if the Liberals and NDP vote together.
Singh said he’s not going to “play their games.”
“I will not let Pierre Poilievre, the ‘king cut,’ or the Bloc call the shots,” said Singh, who appeared to debut a new nickname for the Conservative leader on Wednesday.
Singh, who now holds the power to trigger the next election, says his party is ready for a campaign whenever the times comes.
But he reiterates that the NDP’s vote will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Singh accuses the Bloc of helping the Conservatives, who he says would make cuts to services and programs that people need.