Justin Trudeau‘s minority Liberal authorities has simply survived its first confidence take a look at of the brand new parliamentary session with the assistance of the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP.
A Conservative modification to final month’s throne speech was defeated by a vote of 215-117.
Had the modification handed, it will have been thought-about a defeat of the federal government and will have triggered one other election, lower than three months after the final election handed Trudeau a second consecutive minority.
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There was little suspense over Monday night’s vote; Bloc Chief Yves-Francois Blanchet had signalled instantly after the throne speech that his celebration would assist what he referred to as “24 pages of fully empty phrases.”
The temporary speech principally recapped the Liberals’ election guarantees for ending the battle in opposition to COVID-19 and rebuilding a extra resilient, greener and extra inclusive economic system.
Whereas NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh has panned the throne speech, New Democrats couldn’t assist the proposed Conservative modification, which criticized the federal government for failing “to adequately tackle vital points that threaten the prosperity of Canadians.”
The Conservative modification specified that these points embrace inflation, a “stagnant” economic system, a housing affordability disaster, an “acute” labour scarcity and a “nationwide unity disaster.”
The Home of Commons should nonetheless resolve whether or not to simply accept the throne speech as written, which will likely be one other confidence vote.
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