November 4,2025
RED FM News Desk
NDP interim leader Don Davies says his party will carefully review the Liberal government’s new federal budget before deciding how to vote on it. The Liberals are currently three votes short of a majority, meaning they need support—or at least abstentions—from opposition MPs to avoid triggering an election.
Davies criticized the government’s plan to cut the public service by 10 per cent, a move that could eliminate up to 40,000 jobs.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he does not see how his party could support the budget, noting that it fails to include any of the Bloc’s key demands, such as increasing Old Age Security payments and raising health transfers to the provinces.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre also confirmed that his party will vote against the federal budget, arguing that the government ignored Conservative calls for a more affordable plan for working Canadians.
With the Liberals lacking a majority, they will need at least some opposition MPs to either support the budget or abstain from voting for it to pass. The situation became more uncertain after Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont resigned, saying he was considering joining the Liberals, leaving the government still three votes short of a majority.
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