POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Responsible Government, The Elected, Justin Trudeau
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It all started in october : election held on october 14 2008, the conservatives under stephen harper first formed a minority government after the 2006 election. Harper"s big mistake: the federal government usually issues an economic statement in the fall. Harper decided to go after the conservatives" traditional enemies: public sector unions, and. The liberal counterattack: on friday (november 28), the liberals swiftly counter-attacked, much to harper"s surprise. Liberal leader st phane dion introduced the following motion in the house of commons: this was a non-confidence motion. If it passed, pm harper would have only two options: ask the gg for a dissolution for another election, or, resign and make way for an alternate government. The coalition: the liberals announced that it had opened negotiations with the ndp and the bq over forming a coalition to pass dion"s non-confidence motion and replace the conservatives with a new government, this was unprecedented.
