Canada PM Trudeau survives no-confidence vote

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has survived a motion in parliament aimed at bringing down his government and triggering an election. Wednesday's no-confidence vote is the first in a series of similar votes expected to be put forward by the opposition Conservative Party amid Trudeau's plummeting approval ratings.

Legislators voted 211-120 on Wednesday to defeat a motion by the opposition Conservative Party that declared a lack of confidence in Trudeau’s minority Liberal government. Trudeau, who has been Canada’s prime minister for nine years, has been leading under a minority government.