The Bloc Quebecois says it will support the Harper government's budget motion
Friday, averting an immediate election.
Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe says his
party will vote for the ways and means motion because there's nothing bad in it.
The announcement means the minority
Conservative government will survive at least until the first week of October
when the Liberals plan to introduce a non-confidence motion.
The NDP is also expected to support
the government Friday in order to push through Tory legislation that would
extend EI benefits to long-tenured workers.