The House of Commons has passed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget in a crucial vote that propped up the minority Liberal government and kept Canadians from heading back to the polls this winter.

Carney was elected in spring but only secured a minority government that could have fallen over the vote, but the budget motion passed by a nail-biting margin, 170 to 168.

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

“We delivered for Canadians and I hope t

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