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MPs approve $21B in additional government spending during 11th hour vote
Government House leader Karina Gould rises during question period on Sept. 26, in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) MPs have voted to approve an additional $21.6 billion in government spending. The money, which is supplementary to this year’s federal budget, will fund various programs including First Nations child services, dental care and compensation to Quebec for services to asylum seekers. Conservative MPs did not support the additional spending in a vote tonight in the House of Commons. But there had been uncertainty over whether the vote would even happen beforeRead more