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Tories, Grits hurl insults during political showdown
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 02, 2008 02:42pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, December 2, 2008 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The political showdown in Ottawa reached a fever pitch in Parliament Tuesday as Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused his foes of "betraying" voters while the opposition said the Tories have been misleading the country with doublespeak.
During a fiery question period session, where MPs hurled accusations and openly shouted at each other across the benches, Harper said that the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois want to "scrap" the results of the last election.
Harper also accused Dion of trying to use "parliamentary niceties" to grab power and become prime minister.
"If you want to be prime minister, you get your mandate from the Canadian people, not from the separatists," he said.
The renewed Tory onslaught comes as the party launched a series of radio ads Tuesday aiming to sway public support against the opposition's attempts to topple the party and form a coalition government.
But Dion fired back in Parliament and said the Tories were in a holding pattern and simply prolonging their eventual defeat.
"The prime minister failed," said Dion, pushing for a confidence vote. "If he was a democrat, he would allow this House to show how much he failed." |
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