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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Layton and Duceppe have both spoken on the record saying that Harper approached each of them about forming a coalition in 2004, a point Harper now denies. Someone is lying.
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Looks like it's 3 to 1 now including his former top adviser. He really is backing himself into a hole.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ha...634/story.html
Among those who disagree with Harper on this point is one of his former top advisers and one-time chief of staff, Tom Flanagan, a University of Calgary political scientist and author of the 2007 book Harper's Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power.
Earlier this week, Flanagan contradicted his former boss — and largely confirmed statements by Layton and Duceppe — by telling Postmedia News that the 2004 "co-opposition" deal Harper negotiated was aimed, potentially, at forming a Harper-led minority government to replace Martin's Liberal minority in the months following the 2004 election.