Harper’s dramatic move late Friday follows a day of political turmoil in Ottawa as the opposition parties threatened to bring down the minority government and form an unprecedented coalition.
The prime minister cancelled a scheduled opposition day Monday, at which the Liberal threatened to put a motion of non-confidence in the weeks-old government.
The threat was so real that Rideau Hall said Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean had made contingency plans for a swift return to Canada from a European tour should the government fall.
Harper said the next opposition day will be set for Dec. 8, giving his government a week’s breathing space.
Bruce Grey Owen Sound MP Larry Miller tells Bayshore Broadcasting news … the complaint from the Opposition that nothing has been done on the economy is not true.
He says the Harper government has made moves in the past year, that helped keep Canada mostly out of the economic quagmire the U.S. is in.
Miller isn’t aware of a similar situation, where an Opposition actually formed a coalition and took over power without an election.
The local MP says everyone has to tighten up their belt in these economic times, and that includes elected representatives and public servants.
