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Friday, 14 January 2011
I believe he has, but only if Michael Ignatieff and Jack Layton stop dead in their tracks and consider the political implications of the latest statement by Harper on party financing, and the opportunity this has created for the replacement of a Harper minority government after the next election by a progressive-centre one.
This is Harper's latest statement on public financing of parties, from the Calgary Herald:
But on Wednesday, Harper said he still believes the system should be abolished. "I think we've been pretty clear that we don't think there's really strong justification for this direct subsidy to parties." ... Harper said it's clear that he couldn't accomplish this in the current Parliament because the opposition parties would block him."It will be a clear plank in our platform. But as I say, voters shouldn't hold out any hope that we're going to get any support to do this from the other parties."
Why is Harper doing this? The key to the replacement of the Harper right wing
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