6月选举产生的加拿大第38届众议院4日在渥太华开始举行会议,执政的自由党议员彼特·米利肯再次当选为议长。米利肯在当选后表示,由于执政的自由党在本届议会中只占少数席位,因此,本届议会将面临更多挑战。
米利肯没有说错,10月7日,新执政党就面临了一次“信任危机”,只得通过推迟对某项修正案的投票活动来避免很可能的落败。外电报道如下:Canada's minority Liberal government narrowly avoided facing possible defeat on Thursday by staving off a confidence vote which had threatened to trigger a second general election this year. Confidence vote 又写作vote of confidence,表示“信任票”,与vote of non-confidence(不信任票)相对应。
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