Trudeau backed

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a confidence vote yesterday after a key opposition party backed his ruling Liberals, averting the chance of a snap election as a coronavirus outbreak worsens.

Legislators voted 180146 against a motion from the Conservatives, Trudeau’s main rivals, to set up a committee to investigate whether the government improperly handed contracts to friends as it battled the pandemic earlier this year.

The leftleaning New Democrats backed the Liberals, saying the House should keep working to help Canadians harmed by the pandemic. — Reuters