November 6,2025
RED FM News Desk
The Liberals, Bloc Québécois, and NDP voted Thursday evening to defeat a Conservative sub-amendment to the federal budget — a motion that, if passed, would have triggered a new election.
The Conservative sub-amendment targeted a Bloc Québécois amendment calling on the House of Commons to reject the budget. A vote on the Bloc’s main amendment is scheduled for Friday.
A spokesperson for Liberal House Leader Steven MacKinnon told CBC News that both votes are considered confidence matters. Losing either one would typically result in a federal election.
However, the chances of Thursday’s vote prompting another election — just six months after the last one — were minimal. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies confirmed earlier in the day that all seven NDP MPs would oppose the Conservative sub-amendment. Still, Thursday’s outcome doesn’t necessarily indicate how Bloc or NDP MPs will vote on the budget itself, which is expected to come to a final vote later this month. MPs are set to take a one-week recess for Remembrance Day before returning to Ottawa.
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet introduced the original amendment Wednesday, arguing that the House should reject the budget because it failed to meet his party’s priorities.
The Conservatives then proposed replacing the Bloc’s wording with language condemning the budget for not aligning with Conservative expectations — a change the Bloc ultimately voted against.
The Liberal government tabled its budget on Tuesday, outlining billions in new spending to support an economy strained by U.S. tariffs, along with planned public service cuts aimed at saving billions more.
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