(Canada) Government will fall if Afghan mission doesn't end in 2009, Bloc warns

[brooklynite]

Source: CBC

Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe vowed Thursday — in the wake of the deaths of three Quebec-based soldiers this week — to bring down the Conservative government if it does not commit to a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2009.

He said if Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not soon notify NATO and participating countries of Canada's withdrawal plans, the Bloc will vote against the expected autumn throne speech with the hopes of bringing the government down.

Duceppe would need the Liberals to vote with his party in order to succeed.

During a Thursday press conference on climate change, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion would not comment about banding with the Bloc.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/08/23/qu-response.html

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Good thing we've got plenty of troops and resources to fill the gap.....

[GliderGuider]

1. it'll be an interesting Fall sitting of the House

The Liberals aren't likely to go along. Unless they can spin it to supporting the Bloc only to bring down the gov't. They were the ones who took us into Afghanistan in the first place.
And God forbid they should acknowledge a mistake and flip-flop.