Members of Parliament decide Monday whether to vote in favour of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget or possibly send the country back to the polls less than a year after the last federal election.

The consequential budget vote, expected around 6:45 p.m. ET, serves as a confidence vote on the minority Liberal government.

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The Liberals need the votes of at least two MPs outside their party — or four vote abstentions from the opposition benches — for the budget to pass.

While both the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have indicated they will n

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