Liberal budget bill passes in House of Commons after Conservative filibuster attempt 

OTTAWA- The House of Commons passed the Liberal government’s budget bill today, which seeks to roll out vast new incentives for clean energy and expending dental care  subsidies, despite a Conservative attempt to hold it up. The bill passed 177 to 146 with the support of Liberals and New Democrats, while the Tories and Bloc Quebecois voted against it. The bill includes a new anti-flipping tax for residential properties, a doubling of tradespeople’s tools deduction and an enhancement to the Canada workers benefit, a refundable tax credit to help low income workers. It also codifies sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, and raises tariffs on Russia and Belarus. The Conservatives attempted earlier this week to delete much of the bill by introducing amendments eliminating 900 of its clauses,…

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