Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon's spokesperson says the vote on Thursday evening, along with another one on Friday, will be treated as a confidence matter.

The House of Commons will hold its first budget-related vote Thursday evening, which the Liberal government says will be a confidence matter.

Should a government be defeated on a confidence matter, the result is typically a federal election. However, a defeat appears unlikely this week.

The House is debating a government motion calling on MPs to approve the budgetary policy of the government.

On Thursday evening, MPs will vote on a Conservative sub-amendment to a Bloc Québécois amendment to the government motion. On Friday, the House will vote on the Bloc amendment before MPs leave Ottawa for a one-week recess over Remembra

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