Prime Minister Stephen Harper answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday March 8, 2010.Sean Kilpatrick
Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government has survived its first confidence test of the new session of Parliament.
The House of Commons voted 214-84 today to reject a Bloc Quebecois amendment to the federal budget
The amendment would have forced the government to improve EI benefits and stop tax benefits to the oil industry - and use the money to help Quebec.
Only the Bloc and NDP supported the proposed change.
Earlier, the House overwhelmingly voted down an NDP sub-amendment that called for eliminating tax benefits to all big corporations.
Only the NDP supported that change.
The Liberals - who are not pushing for a spring election - didn't bother to introduce an amendment.