Poilievre will introduce non-confidence motion next week in bid to trigger election

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will table a motion of non-confidence next Tuesday in an attempt to trigger a federal election.

The simply worded motion will read: «The House has no confidence in the prime minister and the government.» It will be up for debate before a final vote Wednesday.

«We need a carbon tax election so Canadians can vote to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime with a common-sense Conservative government,» Poilievre told reporters Wednesday on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

«The decision will be up to Jagmeet Singh and the NDP. Don't wait for the Bloc Québécois to bail you out — announce your position on this motion to trigger a carbon tax election now.»

Poilievre did not take questions from the media.

The outcome of the vote is uncertain.

If it passes, Canadians will be headed to an election sometime this fall. If it fails, the Liberals will carry on.

Riding high in the polls, the Conservatives are dead set on going to an election as soon as possible to capitalize on their current popularity and get Prime Minister Justin Trudeau out of office.

The Liberals want to stave off an election so they can continue governing and pass legislation like the pharmacare bill, which is still before the Senate.

The Liberals have lost byelections in two safe seats over the last three months as Canadians grow weary of Team Trudeau, but the government has said it has more work to do.

Liberal House leader Karina Gould said this tenuous situation is Singh's fault.

Gould said Singh has put progressive policies at risk by torpedoing a deal that propped up the Liberal government in this minority Parliament.

«If he cares about climate change, if he cares about pharmacare, if he cares about dental care, if he