Global NewsMPs return to Ottawa Monday in preparation for a vote that could send Canadians back to the polls just seven months after the last federal election.
Following a short, one-week break, federal politicians will cast their vote on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget since the Liberals’ re-election in April.
That election left Carney with a minority government, meaning he needs the support of at least one party – or for a few members to miss the vote – to pass bills and to stave off another campaign.
The Liberals currently have 170 seats in the House, two short of a majority, but with Francis Scarpaleggia as the Speaker, the government only has 169 votes they can count on.
On Friday, Global News asked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s office if they planned to whip the vot
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