Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he would send a letter to other opposition party leaders to begin discussions about the fall of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government.

Today was the deadline imposed by the Bloc on the Liberals to help pass two bills in exchange for their continued support of confidence votes.

While neither bill is any closer to being adopted than five weeks ago, when the Bloc issued this ultimatum, Blanchet announced that he was carrying out his threat.

“This is what we said we would do, and this is what we are doing,” Blanchet said in French.

However, Blanchet perhaps leaves some wiggle room for future negotiations, indicating that if the Liberals come to the table with something that meets their demands or benefits Quebecers, they could still offer their support.

For the government to come across a future motion of censure – on which Blanchet says he would be ready to vote at the first opportunity – a few elements would need to be put in place.

The current impasse over privileges in the House of Commons would have to be ended, and the Liberals would also have to lose the support of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who, he continues, will only be offered on a vote-by-vote basis.

This is breaking news, more to come.