Carney Prepared to Fight Election over His Budget

GEOJE - Prime Minister Mark Carney is signaling he is prepared to fight an election over the federal budget, which will be tabled Tuesday.

"I'm always prepared to stand up for the right thing", Carney told reporters as he wrapped the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea. His lack of meaningful results at the summit is expected to weigh against any success with the budget.

Three seats shy of a majority government, the Liberals will need votes from another party to pass the budget. This budget will be the first with Carney as prime minister, and the first test of his government as a confidence vote.

Leading up to the budget, the Liberals and Conservatives have been accusing each other of wanting to trigger an election over the document. Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon said he is still speaking to opposition parties for support. MacKinnon also said Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is "determined to try and cause a Christmas election".

Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, meanwhile, said his party thinks the federal government is trying to force an election by preparing a budget that the Opposition won't support.

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