OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will vote Monday evening on Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget — a critical vote that could determine whether Canadians go back to the polls less than a year after the last election.

The critical budget vote, expected around 6:45 p.m. ET, is a vote of confidence in the minority Liberal government.

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.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the budget's fate is a question for the opposition, not the Liberals.

"We delivered for Canadians and I hope they can feel the mood of the nation. Canadians want to go forward," Champagne told reporters on his way into Parliament on Monday.

Liberal MP Wayne L

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