Canada’s minority Parliament was again the stage for high drama Thursday night , when an Alberta MP said he would resign his seat mere moments before the Liberals survived a confidence vote over Tuesday’s federal budget.

The Liberals will face another budget vote this afternoon. Follow the Star’s live coverage and analysis today.

What to know:

Liberal minority government survived first confidence vote over its budget Thursday evening

Bloc is aiming to reject the budget in a second vote today

The Liberals have 170 of the 172 votes needed to pass Carney’s first budget

Failure to pass the budget would trigger a snap election

Updated 51 mins ago

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