Party leaders jockey for position as election looms
September 2 and 3, 2009 – Federal party leaders position themselves after Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals began pushing for a fall election.
Prime Minister Harper says he will not make any “backroom deals” but is willing to listen to specific proposals coming from the other parties.
The Liberals have abandoned the blue-ribbon EI consultation panel they negotiated in June, and Ignatieff says he won’t negotiate with Harper any longer.
Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe says the Bloc is ready for an election, and they will vote in the interests of Quebec on an issue-by-issue basis.
NDP leader Jack Layton denies any existing deals with the Liberal Party or Bloc. Layton he says he will not make any “backroom deals”, and that Stephen Harper must “reach out” and take action on NDP issues or he will not support the Conservatives in the House of Commons.
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Hahaha…WOW, you’re comparing the budget of Manitoba to Canada!
Buddy, a college graduate in economics could balance that provinces budget. Jack Layton is a joke, and so are you if you think they will win an election. Voting for them is a waste of a perfectly good ballot.
carmie1818
September 8, 2009 at 2:55 pm
You definitely have no understanding of Canadian politics.
Manitoba has had a NDP majority for 10 years, and has produced 10 balanced budgets.
Secondly, every single piece of progressive legislation that the government has ever passed (health care, social insurance, U.I.,) was done only because the CCF/NDP forced them to do so.
CollateralSandwich
September 8, 2009 at 8:49 am
(deep sigh)……………..another federal election?
………..you’ve got to be kidding me.
The voter turn out is just going to be even lower than it was a year ago.
jrBunny1979
September 8, 2009 at 5:29 am
We definitely do NOT need a NDP government….they have zero understanding of the economy…there hearts are in the right place, it’s their brains that concern me.
carmie1818
September 8, 2009 at 4:14 am
It’s time for a NDP government.
CollateralSandwich
September 7, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Where is the Canadian Action Party?
Billy982810
September 7, 2009 at 2:16 pm