Harper dares Dion to face voters
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Stephen Harper fights for the future of his government in a heated session of Question Period.
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
The leaders of the Liberal Party, NDP, and the Bloc Québécois signed a power sharing agreement and announced their plan to defeat the Conservative government in a confidence vote December 8.
The coalition says they must seize power from Stephen Harper in order to implement a larger economic stimulus package than the Conservative plan.
The political parties have written to Governor General Michaëlle Jean asking her to install Stéphane Dion as Prime Minister instead of calling an election.
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
October 7 to November 25, 2008 - During the federal election Stephen Harper promised to never run budgetary deficits, but has since backed away from his promise in the face of uncertain economic conditions.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Stéphane Dion announced he will step down as Liberal Party leader, but says he will stay on as interim leader until his replacement is chosen at a leadership convention next Spring.
I was told I gave a good performance, but it was not enough.
Dion blames last week’s electoral defeat on ‘Conservative propaganda’ and the Liberal Party’s inability to match Tory spending on advertising due to a ‘financial crisis’ caused by historically low fundraising capacity.
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- The Daily Kos has embedded this video and posted a pundit’s round-up of Dion’s resignation.
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