Canada

The House of Commons unanimously voted in favour of the Liberals' promised income tax cut on Thursday.

The Liberals promised to bring in a one percentage point reduction in the lowest marginal tax rate — taking it from 15 per cent to 14 per cent — during this spring's election campaign.

The government introduced a "ways and means" motion to make the tax changes last week and all MPs voted in favour of the motion on Thursday.

A ways and means motion allows the government to start making changes to the tax code before such changes are passed in legislation — but a bill will still need to be passed.