Liberals Would Consider Raising GST

"That [the proposed GST cut] means $6 billion, $7 billion every year, on an ill-advised choice," Dion said. "They are not ready for a campaign. They don't want to fight one over tax cuts, so they're going to have to grimace and bear it," CBC's Susan Bonner said. Both NDP Leader Jack Layton and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe have said they will not support the mini-budget. The Conservatives need the support of one other opposition party to pass the motion, scheduled for a 3:15 p.m. ET vote, or the government would fall. House Leader Ralph Goodale had earlier suggested Prime Minister Stephen Harper was trying to goad the Liberals into forcing an election. "What the prime minister is trying to do is litter the landscape with booby traps and landmines and we're just not going to be suckered into playing his game," Goodale said. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/10/31/mini-budget.html [Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on November 1, 2007]

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