"We have no plans for early return," Harper's acting communications director William Stairs said today, dismissing an idea first floated by NDP Leader Jack Layton.
"The NDP supported this government despite what it has done (in) sponsorship, botching BSE and softwood files ... they are part of the problem," Stairs said.
"That they should come out now and call for Parliament to resume is empty rhetoric," Stairs said.
Parliament is scheduled to resume sitting Sept. 26 after a summer break.
Stairs said if the New Democrats wanted to see progress on the issue of U.S. duties on construction-grade wood, they'd agree with the Conservatives and pressure Prime Minister Paul Martin to call U.S. President George W. Bush.
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As the old Newfoundland saying goes,"the arse is falling out of her boys" . Get ready for one hell of a shockwave .
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Good government is not a party government
The time has come for the people to stand up for Canada and look for new trade partners, I wold sooner starve than sell myself to the USA.
Parliament should be recalled and the flow of Canadian oil should be slowed down, if we do not do something pretty soon we will not only look like a third world country , we will be one.
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RickW
It is time for political reformed and new faces, "government" as we like to think of it is a myth and so is this thing we call freemarkets. If we had a true freemarket system, Canada would be in control of its own resources.
Time for a big change in Ottawa, maybe we should consider putting a few Canadian Action Party candidates in and as well why not a few Green Party candidates.
We know that the NDP have been cozying up to the Liberals and the Conservatives with the Bloc, so we need people representation in the House of Commons. The banks and unions seem to be looked after very well by the old corrupt parties, maybe the time has come for all people to be treated better. GO GREEN or CANADIAN ACTION PARTY
Exactly Right!
But I truly believe that every day more Canadians are catching on to these crooks and hopefully we will see these parties put to rest and out of our live once an for all.
Canadians are like that old movie dumb and dumber,at election time, they keep kicking the poop out of themselves. Maybe some day we will grow up someday and do as Venezuela is doing,take back our country and "government", from these crooks.