The Conservative Party’s motion to pause the Trudeau carbon tax for three years on all forms of home heating lost by a vote of 186 — 135 after the Bloq Québécois separatists voted against the motion alongside the Trudeau Liberals.

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed to scrap the entire carbon tax but on Monday, softened his ask to “all forms of home heating” in order to gain support from other parties. 

On Monday, the New Democrat Party (NDP) MPs backed Poilievre’s motion, but the Bloq  Québécois sided with the Liberal Party. 

Every Liberal MP voted against Poilievre’s motion as did every Bloq Québécois MP.

The Conservative Party leader’s proposal came just a week after Trudeau backtracked on his carbon tax scheme with a three year “pause,” but only for home heating oil — something that mostly only Atlantic Canadians use.

The Trudeau Liberals have said that no more carbon tax carve-outs will come. In the House of Commons last week, Trudeau stuck to climate change talking points, in justifying the tax despite the one-off backtrack. 

NDP House Leader Peter Julian said on Friday that his party would be supporting the Conservative’s motion to pause the carbon tax on all home heating devices, stating that Trudeau’s very specific backtrack was done in haste and isn’t fair to Canadians who don’t use home heating oil.

Last week, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said that he will instruct Sask Energy to stop collecting the federal carbon tax on January 1 if Trudeau doesn’t scrap it before then. 

Subsequently, Liberal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland suggested that it’s possible Moe will get criminally charged if he follows through on his carbon tax ultimatum.