A snap election was avoided yesterday, as a Conservative motion that called for the creation of a special committee to probe the government's ethics and pandemic spending was defeated in parliament.

Deputy Conservative leader Candice Bergen speaks further to yesterday's parliament proceedings.

"Yesterday, we debated a motion that would establish a committee that would look solely into issues of corruption the government may be facing," says Bergen. "We knew there were a number of committees that were looking at the WE scandal, and they were consumed with an issue that they wanted to be able to get off the table and get back to whatever their issue would be. Whether it be finance or health or other issues."

Bergen adds that the motion was not intended to be a vote of confidence and that it was her party's hope that a committee would be established to probe governmental spending.

"We even put in the motion that it was not (a vote of) confidence. It was to establish a committee, but it showed how far Trudeau is going to go to cover-up some of the spending and the scandals associated with the spending that he's been doing," she adds. "He (Trudeau) put confidence in it. He kind of spooked the NDP, and the NDP supported the Liberals, and so, the Liberals did survive."

The Conservatives have another motion today and will use it to ask the government to produce documents related to the pandemic response.

"We don't want an election. We don't believe that right now is the time for an election," says Bergen. "But make no mistake, if the Prime Minister is going to try to manufacture an election, we would be ready for it."