Government survives

On the NDP tax and spend budget amendment Cadman voted with the government, producing a tie. The speaker broke it, as he should, in favour of continued debate. So the budget lives on. As a result, there is likely to be no election for a while, maybe a year. In my opinion Cadman is almost as bad as Stronach: the most important question in out country today is not whether or not Canadian's want an election right now. The most important question is whether or not a demonstrably irresponsible and corrupt government should continue to govern. They answered yes. Footnote: If the final budget vote is a tie, does the speaker vote to pass the budget, or to defeat it? I don't know. Update: The GaM blames everything on Harper, but Frum thinks it's a lose-lose foe MartinStronach...