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The nail-biter 146-180 vote came down in large part to the NDP. Its 24 representatives voted alongside the Liberals and the Greens’ three-member caucus in defeating a Conservative motion that would have precipitated a snap election amid the second wave of the pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 16, 2020, with his security detail, has survived another test of confidence in his government. The NDP voted down a Conservative motion that would have created a committee aimed at reviving an inquiry focused on the WE Charity controversy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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