CTV - NDP and Bloc in secret talks to form coalition
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The New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois had a secret plan to form a coalition party well before the opposition's uproar over the government's fiscal update, CTV News has learned.
NDP Leader Jack Layton was in talks with Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe for a "considerable period of time," reported CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife.
Layton held a telephone-conference meeting with his caucus Saturday morning that was recorded by a Conservative member. According to the audio tape, Layton appears to take credit for the possibility of a coalition.
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What exactly gave the NDP and the Bloc the right to try and form a coalition this early into the session? If this is true, and all of this was planned before the budget update, I think this whole thing stinks even worse.