The Liberals, Bloc Québécois and NDP voted down a Conservative sub-amendment on the budget Thursday evening that, if passed, would have forced a new election.
The Conservative sub-amendment was to a Bloc Québécois amendment that calls on the House to reject the budget. A vote on the Bloc amendment will take place on Friday.
A spokesperson for Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon told CBC News that the government considers both votes matters of confidence.
If the government loses a confidence vote, that typically triggers a federal election.
There was limited risk that Thursday’s vote would trigger a second election in just over six months — interim NDP Leader Don Davies said Thursday afternoon that all seven New Democrat MPs would vote against the Conservative sub-amendment.
Thursday’s vote doesn’t necessarily mean every Bloc or NDP MP would support the budget itself. That vote is expected later this month. MPs have a one-week recess next week for Remembrance Day and return the following week.
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet moved the initial amendment Wednesday saying the House should reject the budget because it didn’t meet enough of his party’s demands.
The sub-amendment proposed to remove the Bloc’s wording and instead suggested the House should condemn the budget because it didn’t match Conservative expectations.
The Bloc voted against the Conservatives wording as a result.
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The Liberals, Bloc Québécois and NDP voted down a Conservative sub-amendment on the budget Thursday evening that, if passed, would have forced a new election.
The Conservative sub-amendment was to a Bloc Québécois amendment that calls on the House to reject the budget. A vote on the Bloc amendment will take place on Friday.
A spokesperson for Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon told CBC News that the government considers both votes matters of confidence.
If the government loses a confidence vote, that typically triggers a federal election.
There was limited risk that Thursday’s vote would trigger a second election in just over six months — interim NDP Leader Don Davies said Thursday afternoon that all seven New Democrat MPs would vote against the Conservative sub-amendment.
Thursday’s vote doesn’t necessarily mean every Bloc or NDP MP would support the budget itself. That vote is expected later this month. MPs have a one-week recess next week for Remembrance Day and return the following week.
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet moved the initial amendment Wednesday saying the House should reject the budget because it didn’t meet enough of his party’s demands.
The sub-amendment proposed to remove the Bloc’s wording and instead suggested the House should condemn the budget because it didn’t match Conservative expectations.
The Bloc voted against the Conservatives wording as a result.
!ping Can
no one wants an election come on
Opposition gonna opposition.