Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says her vote in favour of the Liberal government’s budget was a “mistake” she won’t repeat, calling the recent energy agreement between Ottawa and Alberta a “significant betrayal” of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promises to her.
The Liberal government’s budget passed a confidence vote 170 to 168 on Nov. 17, narrowly avoiding triggering a potential federal election. It was voted for by the Liberals and May, and opposed by all Bloc Québécois MPs and the majority of Conservative and NDP MPs, with two Conservatives and two NDP MPs abstaining from voting.
“I don’t know if the prime minister lied, but I think he needs to consider what his word means when his word was given,” May said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “He obviously thought getting a deal with Danielle Smith was more important than his word.”…