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  • A small leftist opposition party on Wednesday rejected a push for an anti-corruption committee to scrutinize Covid-19 spending by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, averting the chance of snap elections. "We're voting against an election," New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh told a news conference hours before the House of Commons vote to create the committee that was to also investigate Trudeau's family dealings, prompting outrage from the ruling Liberals. Trudeau's Liberals won reelection just one year ago, but lost their majority in the House of Commons and need the support of at least one of three opposition parties to govern. The prime minister has said he does not want an election in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, but added he fears the committee's probe would end up paralyzing the government. His government announced Tuesday that a Conservative motion to create the parliamentary committee with sweeping powers to probe "scandals and potential scandals" related to government Covid-19 spending would face a confidence vote. The Liberals losing the vote would have triggered snap elections. "We will not give the prime minister an excuse to call an election," Singh said Wednesday. The Tories had proposed creating the committee to specifically look into a contract awarded to the WE Charity to distribute roughly Can$1 billion (US$760 million) in pandemic relief to young Canadians. Concerns were raised over the contract after it was revealed that the charity paid Trudeau's wife, brother and mother a combined Can$300,000 for speaking engagements. The deal was ultimately cancelled and Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who also had links to the charity, resigned in August. The committee would have also investigated the government's purchase of ventilators and lobbying by the husband of Trudeau's chief of staff. Singh said questions could be put to the government to hold it to account instead through an existing parliamentary ethics committee. The latest Leger poll on Wednesday -- of 1,512 Canadians conducted from October 16 to 18 -- puts the Liberals in the lead of voter intensions at 36 percent, should an election be held now. The Conservatives trail with 29 percent support, the NDP 18 percent, the Bloc Quebecois seven percent and the Greens six percent. If those numbers held, it would likely see another minority Liberal government returned to power. amc/bgs
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  • New Democrats vow to foil possible Canada snap election
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