
Recently anointed Liberal leader, Michael Ignatieff, seemed less than eager to doff the mantel of head of the
anybody but Harper coalition. "Coalition if necessary, but not necessarily coalition" he said, paraphrasing the famous weasel words of
William Lyon Mackenzie King. Nicely done, I say, originality if necessary, but not necessarily originality, truth if necessary, but not necessarily true, try it, its fun!!! The direct descendant of Russian royalty announced he would await the budget of the peasant, Harper, before letting his future subjects know his pleasure.
The Conservative Party, with 143 seats, is 12 short of a majority needed to control parliament for a 5 year term and, after proposing to restrict politicians' government funds, was confronted by a contractul coalition of the other three parties in the house. Whereupon, Prime Minister Harper requested that parliament be pro-rogued, (adjourned) until the budget on Jan. 26, 2009.
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