Posts Tagged ‘2008 federal election’
Dion says Harper lying about hidden agenda
Stéphane Dion says the Conservative government is the most secretive in Canadian history, and Stephen Harper has a hidden neo-conservative agenda to transform Canada into an ‘extreme right-wing’ country.
Greens claim spot at TV leaders’ debate
Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she should be included in the televised leaders’ debates during the upcoming federal election.
May argues the Green Party has earned the right to be included in the debates now that Blair Wilson, a sitting Member of Parliament, has crossed the floor and joined the party.
Dion meets Harper, election inevitable
Stéphane Dion spoke with reporters after meeting Stephen Harper just hours prior to an expected election call.
Dion said he could find no common ground with Harper, and he refused to support Harper’s minority government. Dion says there is no need for an election, and he criticized Harper for breaking his own fixed-date election law.
Harper to call early election despite fixed date
July 30 to August 26, 2008 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears ready to call a federal election this fall despite the fixed-date election law passed by his government. Harper cites opposition threats and parliamentary deadlock as grounds for an early election.
Liberal leader Stéphane Dion criticized Harper for breaking the spirit of his own fixed election date law, yet continued his threats to defeat the government sometime before the fixed election date in October 2009.
The cash-strapped Liberal Party was widely expected to defeat the government when the House returns this fall, but only after they receive a $2 million rebate paymet from Elections Canada in October.
