Liberals survive confidence vote, avert imminent election

There will be no fall federal election.

A motion by the Conservatives to form a committee to investigate Liberal COVID-19 spending has been defeated.

The Liberals deemed it to be a confidence motion, which could have sparked an election if it passed.

It was defeated in a vote of 180 to 146.

The Conservatives had dubbed their proposed committee as an ``anti-corruption'' committee, which prompted the Liberals to say that made it a confidence matter.

The Conservatives then tried to amend the name, but that amendment was defeated before the main vote today.

But those opposition MPs made it clear they are blaming Trudeau for pushing the matter to the brink, by declaring it a matter of confidence.