The Bloc Québécois has made public its list of demands to the minority Liberal government to gain the party’s support for the upcoming budget, saying six of those are make-or-break.
Bloc MP Jean-Denis Garon presented 18 demands from his party on Oct. 14 at a press conference in Ottawa. Among the six demands that he said are “unavoidable,” Garon mentioned unconditional increased health transfers to Quebec and new federal funds for provinces to spend on infrastructure, without strings attached.
The Liberals currently have 169 seats in the House of Commons, three shy of a majority government. The Liberals will have to rely on support from one opposition party to pass their upcoming budget, which is usually considered a vote of confidence in the government….