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It was all on the line in the House of Commons late Monday. The federal budget and the fate of the Liberal government hung in the balance as MPs held a confidence vote that could have triggered an election. It was a roll call vote with each MP having to indicate yes or no, and because the Liberals are a few votes short of a majority, they needed opposition MPs to vote with them or abstain from voting. David Akin has more on the vote.

Diageo’s Crown Royal bottling plant in Amherstburg closed two days ahead of schedule, without warning workers, the union says. The union says employees will be paid for the final two days, but called the early closure a ‘final show of disrespect.’