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Originally Posted by Dion
IIRC it was an alliance to bring down the Martin govt and not form power as the 3 stoogies tried to do last fall.
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Harper himself signed a letter to then-Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in 2004, claiming the right to form a government if Paul Martin's minority Liberals could be defeated in a confidence vote in the Commons.
His ostensible partners would have been NDP Leader Jack Layton and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe -- now derided by Harper as the "socialist" and the "separatist" in Liberal Leader Stephane Dion's coalition.
"I was just as much a sovereigntist then as I am now," Duceppe sniffed Thursday in a reference to Harper's new-found aversion to any deals with the Bloc.
Such facts are conveniently forgotten by some members of Harper's cabinet who have been even more vocal than their boss in the current crisis.
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I think this move by Ignatieff has a lot to do with the fact that Harper could gain control of the senate in January.