US EditionWith Carney’s Budget Tabled, the Countdown to a Make-or-Break Confidence Vote Begins
The minority Liberal government needs opposition support or abstentions to pass a $78.3 billion deficit budget or face a possible election, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the federal budget, which he said includes generational investments, with a confidence vote later this month.
- With the Liberals three seats short of a majority, they need opposition votes or abstentions later this month, as Normandin said the government pressures opponents using election threats.
- Champagne highlighted that the budget funds affordable housing and health infrastructure, including generational investments, and contrasts with Conservative proposals by choosing long-term support, Champagne told reporters Tuesday.
- If MPs vote it down, the minority government would fall, and interim NDP leader Don Davies said his caucus hasn't ruled out abstaining, a stance that could prove pivotal.
- Conservative conditions — including a deficit under $42 billion — conflict with the government's $78.3 billion deficit and stronger industrial carbon price.
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With Carney's budget tabled, the countdown to make-or-break confidence vote begins
While Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne vowed there would be no surprises in the federal budget he tabled Tuesday, the biggest surprise of the day may have come from the Official Opposition bench.
9 Takeaways From Carney’s First Budget
The Carney government tabled its highly anticipated budget on Nov. 4, putting to the test whether it can secure enough opposition support to survive a confidence vote. So far, the Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois have said they won’t support the budget, while the NDP has said it needs more time before making a decision. Here are nine major takeaways from the Liberal government’s budget. A Major Deficit The budget puts this fiscal year’s defi…
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With Carney's budget tabled, the countdown to a make-or-break confidence vote begins
OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne vowed there would be no surprises in his first federal budget — but members of Parliament could still surprise Canadians with a holiday election.
‘NO CONFIDENCE IN THEM’
‘THEY DID A 180° ON US’ Some members of the Nottoway School Board are voicing strong words of disapproval for the Board of Supervisors, which recently rejected the division’s request to sell the former Burkeville Elementary School building — less than a month after an apparent agreement had been reached between the two boards. At a School Board work session on Oct. 22nd, District Four rep Charles Wilson accused Supervisors of a “flipflop… how wi…
Budget Sparks Election Talk as Vote Looms
Canada’s 2025 federal budget is drawing more attention for its political stakes than its spending details. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled a $141.4-billion plan that forecasts a $78.3-billion deficit for 2025–26. The document promises $130 billion over five years for housing, including modular construction and a GST exemption for first-time buyers, plus $51 billion for local infrastructure and $73 billion for Defence upgrades…
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