Liberals win the confidence vote.

The vote on the second of two budget bills Thursday evening was deadlocked 152-152, with the Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois and one of three Independents opposed.

Speaker Peter Milliken cast the deciding vote, the first time in Canada’s history that a Speaker has broken a parliamentary logjam on a confidence matter.

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But in reality, the fate of the first minority Parliament in 25 years came down to the support of Independent MP Chuck Cadman.

The cancer-stricken B.C. MP’s vote was the only one in doubt by the time the roll was called, and he sided with the government.

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