05-18-2005, 03:34 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary
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Originally posted by MarchHare@May 18 2005, 01:30 PM
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When the budget was first announced Harper said he would support it. I may be wrong but his stance changed after the NDP made their little deal. I believe that is the part the CPC is voting against.
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Incorrect.
When the budget was first proposed, Harper said the CPC would abstain from voting, thereby giving the Liberals enough votes to pass it without any help. Both the Bloc and the NDP were opposed to it.
Then came the recent allegations from the sponsorship scandal, and Harper decided it was politically to his advantage to topple the government now, so he said the Conservatives would vote against it.
After Paul Martin's primetime address, Jack Layton said he was open to supporting the government if the Liberals added some NDP-friendly amendments to the budget, which they did to Harper's infuriation.
Only yesterday, after Stronach crossed the floor and polls showed the CPC trailed the Liberals by a small margin overall and a fairly large margin in Ontario did Harper announce he was going to support the first budget again.
And he has the gall to accuse Martin of "dithering". 
So in a sense, if this budget passes, Harper has himself to blame for forcing the Liberals to make changes to please the NDP.
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Thanks
And I guess you are right the Harper is too blame for the NDP deal. Looks like he was out manoeuvred on that one.
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