Blanchet Calls for PM’s Resignation Over WE Affair

Blanchet Calls for PM’s Resignation Over WE Affair
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on Aug. 12, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Bloc Quebecois Yves-Francois Blanchet said Wednesday his party will force a confidence vote against the Liberal government this fall unless Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his finance minister and his chief of staff resign.

But the New Democrats don’t seem ready to back the effort and with 24 MPs, they have enough seats in the House of Commons to be the deciding factor in whether Canada moves toward a fall election in the middle of a pandemic.