Tory minority in jeopardy as opposition talks coalition

Stephen Harper's six-week-old minority government is already in danger of falling, with the Liberals warning that the Prime Minister has four days to change “unacceptable” elements of Thursday's economic fiscal package.

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The other three parties in the House of Commons responded scathingly to the government's economic statement Thursday for its failure to offer economic stimulus. And they were furious at the Prime Minister's brinksmanship in linking the statement with an attempt to end public financing of political parties. Liberal MPs were locked in meetings Thursday night, struggling to determine what to do in the lead-up to a vote on the package on Monday that could topple the government. Their options are to fight another election mere weeks after the last one with a lame duck leader, or join forces with the New Democratic Party in an attempt to form a coalition government. More...