B.C. Conservatives fail to topple NDP government with non-confidence vote
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said the motion — had it passed — would have triggered an election that “British Columbians don’t want.”
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The B.C. government survived a non-confidence vote late on Wednesday
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In a vote that split along party lines, a motion by Opposition leader John Rustad was narrowly defeated, with every Conservative member voting for it, while both B.C. Green MLAs voted against alongside NDP members.
Rustad’s motion was to amend the throne speech to declare that the legislature did not have confidence in the government.
Before the vote, Rustad made his party’s case for dissolving government, saying the province “has never been more vulnerable.”
“Our budget is completely out-of-hand,” he said. “Our affordability has never been worse in this province. Housing has never been worse in this province. Our economy is struggling … people have lost confidence in being able to invest in this province.”
The Opposition leader told reporters earlier in the day that he promised on election night that he would try to bring down the government at the earliest possible opportunity. He
A successful vote of non-confidence would have set off a provincial election.
In a statement after the vote, B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said the motion — had it passed — would have triggered an election that “British Columbians don’t want.”
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“British Columbians know that our province is facing one of the greatest economic threats in our history,” Kahlon said. U.S. President “Donald Trump’s unjustified tariffs are threatening our economy and the livelihoods of countless Canadians.”
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B.C. Premier David Eby told reporters earlier that it’s “bizarre” the Conservatives would bolt a non-confidence motion onto the throne speech, which in itself is a confidence motion.
The NDP holds 47 seats to the Opposition B.C. Conservatives’ 44 members, while the Green party holds two seats and has agreed to support the New Democrats on motions of confidence.
