Confidence vote call

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday put the fate of his Liberal Government on the line, saying a push from the official opposition Conservatives to probe how Ottawa was tackling the coronavirus would be put to a confidence vote today.

The Liberals, who won only a minority of seats in an October 2019 election, need backing from another party to survive. Trudeau’s fate depends on the leftleaning New Democrats, whose leader, Jagmeet Singh, said he had no interest in a vote.

‘‘I will not give the prime minister an excuse to plunge the country into an election . . . my goal is to help people and I will continue doing that,’’ said Singh, who nevertheless did not say how his party would vote. — Reuters