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Carney’s budget needs 2 votes. Will this funding targeting opposition ridings get him there?

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne shakes hands with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House of Commons while MPs behind them applaud

With one MP already crossing the floor to join the Liberals, Prime Minister Mark Carney now needs only two more votes, or abstentions, to pass his budget. And there is some local funding that some opposition MPs might find hard to resist.