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PM asking GG to suspend Parliament
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 04, 2008 08:49am |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 4, 2008 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Prime Minister Stephen Harper is meeting with the Governor General to ask her to suspend Parliament in a bid to avoid a confidence vote that could topple his minority government.
Harper, who waved to onlookers after his limousine arrived at Rideau Hall at 9:30 a.m ET Thursday, is requesting that Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean prorogue, or suspend, the current parliamentary session.
About 40 chanting supporters, including Conservative staffers, greeted Harper. A single anti-Harper demonstrator stood waving a sign reading "Harper Must Go."
Harper has pledged to use "every legal means" to prevent a Liberal-NDP coalition government, backed by the Bloc Québécois, from taking power.
His spokesman, Kory Teneycke, said that the prime minister will speak to Jean in her study. If the Governor General answers him right away, he is expected to come out and inform the media, he said.
But if Harper doesn't receive an answer, he will stay in Ottawa, instead of going to Woodstock, Ont., where he was scheduled to be for the opening of an auto-parts plant, Teneycke said. |
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