Richard Nixon's infamous Whitehouse plummers up to same old tricks in Canada?

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Jack Layton Reveals Early Coalition Plans
In Tapes Leaked By Tories
Sunday November 30, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff



There were new developments Sunday in a story of political intrigue that has more twists and turns than a French cruller.

First, word from Ottawa the Liberals and NDP had reached a formal agreement to defeat the Conservative minority - despite a flurry of concessions to avoid just that.

But the Tories had uncovered their own weapon earlier in the day. They had secretly taped a potentially damning NDP conference call on Saturday, holding the recording for one day before leaking it to the media.

The conversation revealed NDP Leader Jack Layton was planning to bring down the government months before the government issued its ill-fated economic statement.

"This whole thing would not have happened if the moves hadn't been made with the Bloc [Quebecois] to lock them in early because you couldn't put three people together in three hours. The first part was done a long time ago. I won't go into details," Layton divulges.

The senior official from the PMO who distributed the recordings also suggested more will be revealed later this week.

The New Democrats defended the call at a news conference, saying they will sue and may pursue criminal charges. They vowed to continue on their current path.

"[The economic statement] was a terrible miscalculation. We're not going to give them another chance. We know exactly what we're up against. We're structured. We're organized. We've worked very hard the past four days and you're going to see the fruits of that labour very shortly," noted NDP Member of Parliament Thomas Mulcair.

The Tories - who were given the codes to the NDP caucus phone meeting - claim they were invited to participate in the closed-door strategy session, although it was likely accidental.

This all leads up to the political showdown on December 8. That's the date of the non-confidence vote that could spell the end of the six-week-old Conservative government - and put the Governor-General in the middle of a constitutional crisis.


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What's up with that?   Did the Tories engage in an illegal wire tap of their lines?  
Is the Conservative government breaking the law in order to remain in power? 
Is Stephen Harper doing a Richard Nixon?         It gets interestinger by the minute! 


Just when they made it so comfy, ...looks like Prime Minister Stephen and his wife Lorene are going to have to move away from Sussex.

I wonder if the moving vans will be bumping into each other as Dion moves out of Stornaway and into Sussex,
and Harper moves out of Sussex and into Stornaway. Layton & DuCeppe don't have to pack though

Harper is running scared. First he announced on Saturday he was tabling the tax-payer funding to political parties, hoping that would stave off the coalition.

When that didn't work, items that appeared non negotiable on Thursday, came to the forefront.

They announced they were backing off curtailment of the public sectors unions' right to strike.

Then Sunday they announced they were speeding up introduction of the new budget to Jan, and within it would be millions of dollars in stimulus spending for troubled sectors of the Canadian economy. It's not going to do them any good though. The Opposition is firmly committed, and a coalition spokesperson issued a press conference that basically said it is "fait accomplis!"

[headhuntersix]

This is ur problem, we don't care, stop posting about Canadian politics.

[a_joker10]

This is ur problem, we don't care, stop posting about Canadian politics.

Up yours.

I care.
By the way Jag, I predict on Friday the house will prorogue and by the middle of January some other deal will be worked out to pass the budget.

[24KT]

This is ur problem, we don't care, stop posting about Canadian politics.

HH6, sometimes you can be so cute, ...in a semi-retarded kind of way. 

[headhuntersix]

Sorry Jag, u guys don't matter.

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NDP Deputy Leader Thomas Mulclair holds a press conference to discuss a possible opposition coalition government, and respond to the unauthorized Conservative recording of an internal NDP conference call.

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I care.
By the way Jag, I predict on Friday the house will prorogue and by the middle of January some other deal will be worked out to pass the budget.

I don't think so. This looks like it's a Done Deal.

Stephen Harper's Conservatives have made their first major act in office since the Throne Speech to directly attack the democratically elected Opposition, unions, and the right to equal pay for equal work. While they have backtracked in the last few days on much of their Fiscal update their intention is obvious, to strip away Canada's democratic values piece-by-piece.

The Liberal Party, New Democratic Party and Bloc Quebecois have all decided that enough is enough and that a new path is needed for Canada. With their strong MAJORITY in the House of Commons, these three parties represent a diverse demographic in Canada and have decided that together the will of Canadians will be represented fully in Parliament.

Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have decided that this is undemocratic and that Canadians should have the chance to decide if this Coalition can govern effectively. However, on September 9th, 2004 Stephen Harper tried to do the exact same thing by asking the Governor-General to make him Prime Minister without an election if the Liberal minority under Paul Martin were to fall. Clearly, Mr. Harper has no issue "seizing power" or acting "undemocratically" when it suits him, but when his power is at stake he wants the people's voices to be heard.

So if you feel that this Coalition is the best move for Canada, let your voice be heard and email Mr. Harper at: pm@pm.gc.ca

Ask him why a Coalition was good enough for him, but isn't good enough for the majority of Canadians that elected a Liberal, New Democrat or Bloc Member of Parliament. Ask him why he isn't willing to work with the Opposition and would rather play political games with them. Ask him why the 62.35% of Canadians that voted for the Liberals, NDP, Greens, and Bloc don't matter to him and why their duly elected representatives are less capable of representing the will of Canadians than the 143 Members of the Conservative Caucus.

Make your voice heard, loud and clear. We want change; change in our politics, change in our leadership and change in our direction. But we don't need to spend another 6 weeks and $300 million to do it.

Support the Coalition for Canada, for a proactive and progressive government.