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How the Conservatives tried (and failed) to trigger an election

2024/9/26
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The Decibel

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On Wednesday, a Conservative non-confidence motion was voted down) by the other parties in the House of Commons. But it’s just the first of many to come this fall. And most of them will land on special parliamentary days, called opposition days. 

Campbell Clark) is the chief political writer at The Globe and Mail. He explains how opposition days work, how the different parties will use them strategically and what all of this means for the possibility of a snap election. 

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