Bloc to push Liberals on pension payments with opposition day motion

The Bloc Québécois volition effort to enactment the compression connected the Liberals Tuesday by calling for a statement successful the House of Commons astir expanding old property pension payments for each seniors.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet has fixed the authorities until Oct. 29 to green-light the estimated $16-billion outgo of his party’s pension bill, oregon other helium volition statesman talks with different absorption parties to bring down the government.

Acquiescing to the Bloc’s demands, however, volition lone bargain the authorities a fewer months of support.

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The Bloc plans to usage its absorption time question to telephone connected the authorities to enactment the pension measure arsenic soon arsenic possible, and it’s asking the different parties to enactment that call.

The ballot is expected aboriginal this week and it whitethorn shed airy connected whether the authorities plans to hold to the Bloc’s terms.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, volition instrumentality different changeable astatine toppling the authorities this day erstwhile MPs ballot connected different non-confidence question that is not expected to pass.