OTTAWA-(CP)-Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons. On the final day the money could be voted on, MPs rushed through the supplementary funding to the 2024 budget, including money for various programs such as First Nations child services, dental care and compensation to Quebec for services to asylum seekers. The Conservative party opposed the additional spending in its entirety, while the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois only opposed one aspect of it \u2014 $1.1 million in spending for Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters last week his party would vote the supplementary estimates through, given the $317 million additional money for the government’s new dental care program. “I’m pleased the majority of members in the House… <\/p>\n
OTTAWA-(CP)-Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons. On the final day the money could be voted on, MPs rushed through the supplementary funding to the 2024 budget, including money for various programs such as First Nations child services, dental care and compensation to Quebec for services to asylum seekers. The Conservative party opposed the additional spending in its entirety, while the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois only opposed one aspect of it \u2014 $1.1 million in spending for Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters last week his party would vote the supplementary estimates through, given the $317 million additional money for the government’s new dental care program. “I’m pleased the majority of members in the House... <\/p>\n