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thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
141 Conservative MPs and the entire 22 Bloc MP caucus voted against. 169 Liberal MPs minus the speaker obviously voted for it, as did Green Party leader Elizabeth May. 5 NDP MPs voted against the budget, while NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout abstained, and Conservative MPs Shannon Stubbs and Matt Jeneroux also abstained.
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Bojaxs
Senior Member
So two of the NDP members actually showed up for the vote and still abstained? If you're going to abstain then wouldn't you just not show up?
Jonny5
Senior Member
I think Lori Idlout actually didn't show up but voted remotely. You can do that now through some secure app.
Actually, about 15 members voted remotely it looked like.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
Remote voting
Why does this show 177 yea votes? It was 170
Jonny5
Senior Member
I think Lori Idlout actually didn't show up but voted remotely. You can do that now through some secure app.
She voted no, then withdrew the no vote, and claimed technical diffculties, then she remote connected and tried to give a speech about the budget but got booed out and the speaker cut her off.
About 15 members voted remotely it looked like.
Jonny5
Senior Member
There was a typo. That was up for about two seconds on screen and then they corrected it.
txlseries4
Active Member
LOL this explains my confusion when I heard 170 but saw 177 and believed it
Bojaxs
Senior Member
I just watched her and the rest of NDP caucus talking to the media at Parliament hill after the vote. Unless I'm seeing things, I'm fairly certain she was there.
Jonny5
Senior Member
OK. But there was one woman who remote connected and went on the live video to the Parliament claiming to have technical problems, but didn't, and they broadcast that live. I don't know who else it could be. That was a member who voted "no" then cancelled the vote and abstained.
Maybe she simply was in her office and didn't go to the floor so she wouldn't be on camera, or she thought that was a backdoor way to let her read a speech during the vote process?
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
I suspect the abstentions in part where due to those not having any appetite to bring this government down, but did not want to go on the record for supporting this bill....
...but holy, that was stupidly close though. They didn't make quorum, but there where less nays by two...so this government gets to live another day. /phew?
...but holy, that was stupidly close though. They didn't make quorum, but there where less nays by two...so this government gets to live another day. /phew?
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
Yeah the CPC and NDP MPs that abstained probably did so out of not wanting an election... what was funny was watching Andrew Scheer pretending to want to abstain while still voting against the budget.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Now that the budget’s passed, are we buying Gripens from SAAB or what?
lenaitch
Senior Member
I haven't read the budget bill but doubt it was in there.