Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government survived its second confidence vote in two days after MPs voted down a Bloc amendment calling on the House to reject the Liberals’ budget.

The Liberals and Conservatives voted against the amendment which said the House shouldn’t accept the budget, specifically because it didn’t meet the Bloc Québécois demands. The NDP voted with the Bloc.

A similar vote took place on Thursday evening that called for the House to reject the budget because it didn’t satisfy the Conservatives. The Liberals, Bloc and NDP all voted against that sub-amendment.

Such votes are usually just procedural and occur without much fanfare — traditionally opposition parties introduce amendments to reject the government’s fiscal plan after every budget.

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