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Outdrawn in the gun fight, Tories train sights on election
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 22, 2010 08:12am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Steven Chase, Gloria Galloway and Bill Curry |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Its campaign promise to kill the long-gun registry almost certain to be thwarted Wednesday, the Harper government has begun laying the groundwork for the next election – casting political rivals as a threat to Canada’s economic recovery.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty used a speech to an Ottawa business audience Tuesday to deliver a campaign-style attack on opposition parties who are expected to join forces Wednesday to quash a Conservative bill aimed at abolishing the gun registry.
If no MPs switch sides or absent themselves, the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Québécois should be able to end debate by a vote of 153-151 on Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner’s legislation. Voting starts at 5:45 p.m. ET.
Ms. Hoeppner said the Tories will not give up their campaign against the long-gun registry and suggested that opposition MPs who switch sides to oppose her bill, such as the NDP’s Peter Stoffer, will be punished by voters. |
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