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Leaders battle over 'coalition'
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Mar 26, 2011 12:32pm |
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| Media | Website - CBC |
| News Date | Saturday, March 26, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Stephen Harper clearly tried to seize power after coming second to Paul Martin's Liberals in 2004, Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe charged Saturday at the start of Canada's 41st federal election campaign.
Duceppe held up the letter to the Governor General he said Harper signed as Official Opposition leader to Martin's government.
Duceppe and Layton say they got together with Harper and drafted the letter to tell then-governor general Adrienne Clarkson that Harper was prepared to form a government if Martin lost the confidence of the House of Commons.
"He finished second in that election," Duceppe said in French. "If he says that's undemocratic, well, that's exactly what he was asking for. So let's not play games with history. He has to take responsibility."
Harper has been hitting the opposition leaders hard over what he says is a plan to form a coalition government, a message he repeated outside Rideau Hall Saturday morning. |
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