Justin Trudeau survives confidence vote but other problems still loom

Main political rival of Canada's prime minister fails to gather enough support to end nine years of Liberal rule

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, has easily survived a vote of confidence after his main political rival failed to muster enough support to end nine years of Liberal party rule.

Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to defeat a motion by the official opposition Conservative party declaring a lack of confidence in Trudeau's minority Liberal government.