LISTEN | Full interview with Don Davies: As It Happens 6:32 Why two NDP MPs abstained from the federal budget vote, and what comes next

Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says he’s still waiting for a note of thanks from Prime Minister Mark Carney for the role that he and his caucus played in Monday’s federal budget vote.

In a tense, nail-biting vote , Carney narrowly secured his first budget in the House of Commons through the help of four MPs who abstained, including two from the NDP.

In total, 170 MPs — all Liberals and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May — voted in favour of the budget, while 168 voted against.

The four who abstained reduced the number of votes the government needed. Along with NDP MPs Lori Idlout and Gord Johns, Conservative MPs Shannon Stubbs and Matt Jen

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