BUDGET Bombshell: Will the NDP Blow Up CHRISTMAS?
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Summary
All options are on the table, including abstaining on the Budget vote, but at least one new Democrat is breaking ranks and saying she won t be abstaining. The Liberal minority government will need the support of at least three other parties to pass the budget, which is being tabled on Tuesday in the House of Commons, to date, the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have hinted they would be voting against it.
Transcript
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why are you making trouble this morning Mr. Man
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I hope you're having a great start to your Tuesday
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wow who knows what's gonna happen after the budget tonight
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end up having control over what happens to the government so much
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finally pulled his support for the Liberal Party
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and then we got thrown into the Liberal Leadership Campaign
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NDP to consider abstaining during the budget vote
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I think there's one thing that will determine what happens
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when it comes to the support of the NDP for this
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but a little bit from this article from the National Post
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Canadians might not be heading to a Christmas election
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after all as the NDP is keeping all its options open
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but at least one new Democrat is breaking ranks
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the Liberal minority government will need the support
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which is being tabled on Tuesday in the House of Commons
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to date the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have hinted
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and Carney's not going to give in to any of their demands
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on Monday that his caucus would not be taking a clear position
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on the budget before any of its members could carefully read the document
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through the lens of whether it's good for working people
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all options are on the table until we read the budget
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however NDP MP Jenny Kwan has made her position clear
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Davies says he expects the seven-member NDP caucus
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or abstentions from at least three opposition MPs
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to keep their budget and their government alive
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is the right budget for this country at this moment
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at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit
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adding that we'll not vote to raise grocery prices
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has previously ruled out abstaining on the budget vote
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which include increasing old age security payments
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said there will be no surprises in his first budget
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so we're going to make generational investments