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All In The Family
In yet more controversy on the Quebec front, Environment Minister Stephane Dion seemed to suggest it would be okay to vote Conservative or NDP.
"The key point is vote for candidates who believe in Canada to not vote for the Bloc," he said.
Mama knows best
In Vancouver, an old woman berated NDP Leader Jack Layton, saying: "You stop telling people to not vote Conservative, because they are going to form the next government and beat out the Liberals. Don't do that anymore."
Sanford and Son
Canada's auditor-general did not make much headway in the case. Neither did Quebec's chief electoral officer.
But the secret of how a shadowy federalist group, Option Canada, spent $4.8 million in the lead-up to the 1995 referendum might lie in a box of documents found near a Dumpster at a suburban shopping mall in the fall.
Law & Order
Martin's daily news conference was dominated by questions about a published report that the RCMP is looking into a controversial grant.
Last month, police interviewed two officials at the Department of Canadian Heritage about the expenditure, which went out to a little-known group called Option Canada, which has since disbanded.
The questions were focused on the distribution of about $300,000 of the total grant.
Martin, who was finance minister at the time, said he believed the accounting was done properly as he defended the Liberal commitment to national unity during a tense, high-stakes period in Canadian history.
"Absolutely I'll insist that the rules be followed, but nobody will stop me from defending the unity of my country," Martin said.
The Apprentice
"We have a tax reduction plan, the Liberals have a tax reduction plan," Harper said during a campaign stop in New Hamburg, Ont. to roll out a tax promise involving charities.
"We'll be doing our plan, not their plan."
In yet more controversy on the Quebec front, Environment Minister Stephane Dion seemed to suggest it would be okay to vote Conservative or NDP.
"The key point is vote for candidates who believe in Canada to not vote for the Bloc," he said.
Mama knows best
In Vancouver, an old woman berated NDP Leader Jack Layton, saying: "You stop telling people to not vote Conservative, because they are going to form the next government and beat out the Liberals. Don't do that anymore."
Sanford and Son
Canada's auditor-general did not make much headway in the case. Neither did Quebec's chief electoral officer.
But the secret of how a shadowy federalist group, Option Canada, spent $4.8 million in the lead-up to the 1995 referendum might lie in a box of documents found near a Dumpster at a suburban shopping mall in the fall.
Law & Order
Martin's daily news conference was dominated by questions about a published report that the RCMP is looking into a controversial grant.
Last month, police interviewed two officials at the Department of Canadian Heritage about the expenditure, which went out to a little-known group called Option Canada, which has since disbanded.
The questions were focused on the distribution of about $300,000 of the total grant.
Martin, who was finance minister at the time, said he believed the accounting was done properly as he defended the Liberal commitment to national unity during a tense, high-stakes period in Canadian history.
"Absolutely I'll insist that the rules be followed, but nobody will stop me from defending the unity of my country," Martin said.
The Apprentice
"We have a tax reduction plan, the Liberals have a tax reduction plan," Harper said during a campaign stop in New Hamburg, Ont. to roll out a tax promise involving charities.
"We'll be doing our plan, not their plan."
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