BREAKING: Liberals survive second confidence vote

Subhead:The vote passed Friday afternoon (307-30), prolonging the Liberal term.#

 

The Liberals survived a second confidence vote on the budget, this time against Bloc Quebecois amendments.

The vote passed Friday afternoon (307-30), with Conservatives and Liberals in favour, and the NDP and Bloc opposed.

Parliament’s first confidence vote, on Conservative sub-amendments, failed (198-139) Thursday evening after failing to secure support from other opposition parties. This follows a surprise resignation from Edmonton-area MP Matt Jeneroux just before the vote.

The House will vote on the budget later today, then recess next week for Remembrance Day. 

While the Official Opposition typically amends the budget motion, followed by the second-largest opposition party sub-amending, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did not move an amendment after his budget speech Wednesday.

Author: contributor

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