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The federal Liberals touted their government’s survival following a close-call vote to approve the budget that went their way.

“The winners yesterday were Canadians, and we’re obviously very pleased with the outcome,” Government House Leader Steven Mackinnon told journalists ahead of today’s cabinet meeting.

“I think the minority Parliament’s working. We just passed a budget.”

As Bill Curry and Stephanie Levitz reported, the budget passed due to a handful of MPs abstaining from voting and Green Party MP Elizabeth May supporting the government after Prime Minister Mark Carney made a climate-change commitment.

Carney’s first budget as Prime Minister includes more than $140-billion in new spending over five years ,

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