Ignatieff to introduce motion of non-confidence
Posted Mar 23, 2011 7:29 pm.
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OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has announced that his party will introduce a motion of non-confidence Wednesday, based on the Tories’ contempt of Parliament as well as its “economic failure”.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it’s not too late for the opposition to reconsider their stance against the budget and avoid what he calls a “useless” federal election.
He says he will not go to the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and launch an election campaign before the House of Commons votes on the budget.
Harper is encouraging opposition leaders of failing to “put the interests of Canadians first.”
The prime minister says he’s disappointed the opposition leaders “didn’t take the time to read the budget.”
He adds the economy is not a political game and in this period of world economic uncertainty, his government is determined to bring about recovery.
He called the budget “the next step on the economic action plan” and an important element of growth and recovery.
But he says the opposition parties “seem to have different priorities.”
