Overview
- MPs voted 170–168 to begin studying Budget 2025, averting a snap election just seven months after the last vote.
- Green Party leader Elizabeth May backed the motion after Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to meet Canada’s Paris Agreement targets.
- Two NDP MPs, Lori Idlout and Gord Johns, abstained, and Conservative MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs did not vote, contributing to the slim margin.
- The plan projects a C$78.3 billion deficit and channels major spending into infrastructure, defence and housing to offset U.S. tariffs.
- Key measures still require omnibus budget bills and routine supply approvals in a fractured Parliament, keeping future confidence risks high.