‘I’m not into games’: NDP MP Johns defends decision to abstain from budget vote

After meeting with municipal and Indigenous leaders in his B.C. riding, all of whom opposed an election, NDP MP Gord Johns says he was 'confident' in his decision to intentionally sit out the Nov. 17 budget vote.

NDP MP Gord Johns, pictured alongside NDP interim leader Don Davies, was the only MP to abstain from voting on the Liberals' budget in person on Nov. 17.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

November 22, 2025

UPDATED November 24, 2025

Despite heckling from Conservatives when he remained in his House of Commons seat and abstained from the Nov. 17 budget vote, NDP MP Gord Johns says his decision was a "confident" one that he wouldn't have changed—even if enough Conservatives had sat out the vote to otherw...

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