Canadians avoided a return to the polls as MPs on Monday night voted in favour of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget.

The budget vote served as a confidence vote for the minority Liberals, who needed the support of another party — or at least a few MP’s outside their party — to get required votes to pass the budget.

The budget motion passed 170-168.

“Tonight, the House of Commons voted for the adoption of the 2025 Budget,” Carney said in a statement posted to social-media platform X following the vote. “We must now work together to implement this plan, in order to protect our communities, offer new opportunities to Canadians, and build a strong Canada.”

In the lead-up, opposition parties spoke against the budget as well as its whopping $78.3-billion deficit, saying it did not align w

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