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PM Harper focuses party on 2015, vows to woo Quebec from NDP

ElizabEth thompson

Prim Ministr Stphn Harpr

md Frida t shr p th Cn-

srati Part’s spprt in Qbc,prmising t wrk hardr than r t

win sats in th princ in th nxt

lctin.

Spaking t mr than 2,000 dl-

gats t his part’s cnntin last

night, Harpr said h wld ha likd

t ha wn mr sats in Qbc and

pldgd t practis pn dralism

and wrk t hlp amilis, wrkrs,

and snirs.

“W will rll p r sls and wrk

hardr t gain th cndnc all Ca-

nadians. And w will wrk hardr than

r t gain th cndnc Qbc-rs as wll.”

Whil nl Qbc’s 75 ridings

lctd Cnsratis, ths MPs

will b l istnd t, Harpr prmisd.

Fr th wr namd t cabi-

nt, Christian Paradis, Dnis Lbl,

Stn Blan, and Maxim Brnir.

T h, Jacqs Grd, was namd

a parliamntar scrtar.

Harpr prdictd Qbc’s actin

r th NDP will nd qickl.

“In th nxt lctin, nc th hn-

mn with th NDP has ndd,

Qbcrs will trn t r part, thnl n which lwrs taxs and in-

cm taxs. T nl n that man-

ags th cnm prdntl. T nl

n that blis in a cndnt, a-

tnms and prd Qbc natin

within a strng, nitd, indpndnt,

and prd Canada — th Cnsrati

Part Canada.”

Whil Harpr wn a majrit g-

rnmnt in th Ma 2 lctin, th

Cnsratis lst mr than hal its

Qbc cacs t th NDP tsnami

that swpt th princ. Mrr, 23

candidats aild t garnr mr than

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Cnsrati dlgats will t

Satrda mrning n a cnstit-

tinal amndmnt that wld signi-

cantl chang th wa th part lcts

Stphn Harpr’s sccssr.

ontari MP Sctt Rid pt rward

th mtin calling r a nw wightd

lctin prcss. T crrnt sstm

gis all ridings qal sa at ladrship

cnntins, rgardlss mmbrship

siz. Rid’s balancd ladrship mtin

is bing prmtd t dlgats as a cm-

prmis btwn th crrnt sstmand a n-mmbr, n-t sstm.

“It’s a hbrid. W’r tring t gt

th bst bth,” balancd ladrship

spksman Philip Jann said.

I Rid’s mtin is adptd, th nm-

br ts a riding assciatin gts

at a ladrship cnntin wld ar

dpnding n mmbrship siz. e-

r riding assciatin wld b gar-

antd 100 ts t pt tward a nw

ladr, n i it has wr than 100

mmbrs. T maximm nmbr

ts is 400, r assciatins with 400

r mr mmbrs.

T balancd ladrship rsltin

was td dwn in a hatd rst-rnd

dbat Frida.

Ptr MacKa, wh is rml bhind

th crrnt sstm, wlcmd th

tcm.

“It was sndl datd s th mm-

brship has prnncd itsl again,”

MacKa said. “Wh chang a rmla

that wrks?”

Hwr, bcas th prpsal has

th 100 signatrs rqird t psh

r a ll mmbrship t, it will g

straight t th cnntin r Satr-

da mrning, dspit its dat tda.

Jann said th rst-rnd tcm

was disappinting, bt his sid is n-

dtrrd. A lt ppl ar rcpti

t chang, althgh thr is a hardnd

grp that’s ppsd, h said.

T grp against th prpsal tnds

t b dlgats rm Qbc and At-

lantic Canada, wh ar th shi will

cnstitt a Wstrn takr th

part. Fr ths smallr riding ass-

ciatins, an n mr dangrs ida

cms rm Jasn Knn’s Albrta

riding assciatin, which is adcating

a n-mmbr, n-t sstm. Bt it

has lss spprt than Rid’s wightd

lctin prpsal.

Rid’s wrk n th wightd lctin

mtin bgan br th cnntin,

with his tam cntacting riding ass-

ciatins acrss th cntr t ask r

thir spprt in ottawa.

In a lttr distribtd t dlgats

Frida mrning, high-prl minis-

trs Jhn Baird, Dian Finl, Jasn

Knn, and Grdn o’Cnnr askd

Cnsratis t “jin th grwing

nmbr dlgats wh spprt bal-

ancd ladrship.”

T prpsal will ncrag smallr

assciatins t sign p mr mmbrs,

bt mak sr largr assciatins dn’t

drwn t thir ics, th lttr sas.

T balancd ladrship campaign

has bn r isibl thrght th

cnntin, with man dlgats

sprting bl-and-whit balancd

ladrship bttns. Rid als hstd

a hspitalit sit at th Wstin H-

tl whr pamphlts and bttns wr

distribtd t dlgats.

Rid’s tam als gt cpis th par-

t’s nding agrmnt int th hands

dlgats, whr a highlightd pas-

sag clarl stats that th sstm sd

t lct th rst ladr ds nt nd t

b sd r tr ladrship lctins.

An altrnati mthd can b dcidd

b th part mmbrship.

T iss stirs p ld wnds b-

twn th Rrm/Allianc and Pr-

grssi Cnsrati camps, bt Q-

bc MP Pirr Pilir said th dbat

is wrth haing.

“I smn pt it rward thrgh

th dmcratic prcss th part has

in plac, and th mmbrs ar smart

ngh, w’r all adlts, w can dbat

it,” Pilir said Frida.

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d Satrda mrning t ,

hn Harpr strck a cmrtabl

c btwn clbratin and ddi-

n t th wrk ahad, inclding

ng back spprt in Qbc.

will rll p r sls and wrk

r t gain th cndnc all Ca-

ns,” h said. “And w will wrk

r than r t gain th c ndnc

bcrs as wll.”

Harpr als catind part

brs against xpcting th Cn-

is t r awa rm thir dd-

n t slwl and stadil changing

dian scit.

saing what w will d and ding

what w sa, n stp at a tim w ar

ming Canada in a Cnsrati di-

rctin and Canadians ar ming

with s.”

Fllwing th plnar sssins,

Harpr will addrss th part again

this arnn at th clsing crm-

nis, which bgin at 4 p.m.

B thn, th Cnsratis ar x-

pctd t ha td n rsltins

aimd at prssing r amil-rindl

tax rli, a rang scial cnsra-

ti mtins, and a cntntis mtin

t chang hw th nxt ladr will b

chsn.

Brigtt DPap, th s-calld rg

Snat pag with th “Stp Harpr”

sign, tk aim at th prim ministr

again hadlining a prtst at th Cn-

srati natinal cnntin. “W’r

hr tda bcas w knw th ral

scrit thrat t ppl in this cn-

tr is Stphn Harpr and th Cnsr-

ati agnda,” sh said.

Tat’s nt th biggst thrat acing

s, accrding t Rbrt Gats, th u.S.

Scrtar Dns. In n his nal

spchs, Gats qstind th iabil-

it NAo, saing its mmbrs’ pn-

n-pinching and lack plitical will

cld hastn th nd u.S. spprt.

on pnn pinching, Financ Minis-

tr Jim Flahrt has dcidd t dp-

six mtings with his princial cn-

trparts, which had bn schdld r

latr this mnth. ocials said bra-

crats had bn rstrtchd b this

wk’s rintrdctin th March 22

bdgt s cldn’t gt th mting t-

gthr in tim.

T rlas Sarah Palin’s mails

rm hr rst tw ars as grnr

Alaska was 24,199 bits nthing

mch.

Qstin Prid T Msical! dbts

Snda at th ottawa FringFst. T

“n and nk msical cmd abt

Canadian plitics and Parliamnt, will

als b stagd nxt wknd and n

Jn 25.

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10 pr cnt th t, maning th

wn’t b abl t ha a prtin thir

xpnss rimbrsd b elctins

Canada — smthing that cld cst

ridings thsands dllars.

Qbc was th nl part th cn-

tr whr an Cnsrati candidat

aild t rach th 10 pr cnt thrshld.

In th crridrs t th Cnsrati

cnntin Frida, dlgats rm Q-

bc wr still grmbling that th part

hadn’t rall mad Qbc a pririt in

th lctin campaign and hadn’t dn

ngh t spprt its candidats.

Sm la th blam n th part’s

dcisin shrtl ar th 2006 lctin

t all itsl with th princial Actin

Démcratiq Part, a dcisin that

straind th Cnsrati Part’s rla-

tins with Qbc Libral Ladr Jan

Charst’s grnmnt which has a ar

largr plitical rganizatin than ds

ADQ.on th chi architcts that

stratg, Harpr’s dirctr cm-

mnicatins Dimitri Sdas, has an-

nncd h will b laing th PMo in

arl Sptmbr.

aking th stag t a standing rm

nl adinc, Harpr said Canada is

bcming mr Cnsrati.

“B saing what w will d and ding

what w sa, n stp at a tim w ar

ming Canada in a Cnsrati di-

rctin and Canadians ar ming

with s.”

Harpr pldgd t r-qip th mili-tar and dnd Canada’s natinal s-

rignt bt said that is jst th tip

th icbrg whn it cms t stablish-

ing Canada’s plac in th wrld.

“W als ha a prps and that pr-

ps is n lngr jst t g alng and

gt alng with rn ls’s agnda.

It is n lngr t plas r dictatr

with a t at th unitd Natins,” h

said t a standing atin.

“And I cnss that I dn’t knw

wh past attmpts t d s wr r

thght t b in Canada’s natinal

intrst. Nw w knw whr r in-trsts li and wh r rinds ar.

W tak strng, principld psitins

in r dalings with thr natins –

whthr pplar r nt and that is

what th wrld can cnt n rm

Canada.”

Harpr als sggstd that Canada’s

psitin nw cnts r mr.

“Ts iws mattr, nt jst bcas

w nw ha th tls t act bt als th

capacit. Bcas w ar n lngr in

th middl th pack bt amng th

wrld’s tp prrming cnmis.”

Harpr said his grnmnt will

m t adpt Financ Ministr Jim

Flahrt’s bdgt as wll as nding th

What Bard’s mnpl, intrdcing

Snat rrm lgislatin, changing th

rprsntatin in th Hs Cm-

mns and liminating th pr t

sbsid r plitical partis.

Within th rst 100 das th lc-

tin, th Cnsratis will intrdc

and pass an mnibs crim bill, h

prmisd. Hwr, th masr that

gt n th biggst ractins rm

part aithl was th pldg t scrap

th rarms rgistr in th all.

T Cnsratis arn’t a part

ntitlmnt, said Harpr, adding th

part has th nxt r ars t pr

t Canadians that th can trst th

Cnsratis.“I w sta aithl t r cmmit-

mnts and i w sta csd n sring

Canadians, in r ars tim ppl

will sa, ‘Cnsratis can b trstd;

Cnsratis knw what th ar d-

ing; Cnsratis ar th ppl — th

nl ppl –— wh dsr r t.”

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bJ siEkiERski

Awk ar intrrpting th

thrn spch and gaining in-

trnatinal mdia attntin, Brigtt

DPap tk aim at th prim minis-

tr again — this tim with thrngs

prtstrs in a march t th Cnsra-

ti natinal cnntin.

Man grps, inclding th striking

Canadian unin Pstal Wrkrs

and th Indigns Ppls Slidarit

Mmnt, chrd hr n.“M nam

is Brigtt. Sm ma knw m

as th rg pag,” sh said, standing

atp a bnch in ottawa’s Dndnald

Park.

“othrs knw m b th titl gin t

m b th Hnrabl Jasn Knn:

L kk,” DPap said. “Still th-

rs knw m as a ptntial scrit thrat. W’r hr tda bcas w

knw th ral scrit thrat t p-

pl in this cntr is Stphn Harpr

and th Cnsrati agnda.”

Man prtstrs hld imitatins

hr “Stp Harpr” sign, and J Wd,

a mmbr th Raging Grannis,

said sh was carring hrs t sa

“thank ” t DPap.

Dan Sawr rm th grp undr

Prssr lad th rall.

Ar tlling th prtstrs th rall

wld stp nar Citiznship and Im-

migratin, tsid Hritag Canada,

th Israli mbass, and th ottawa

Rcritmnt Cntr r th Canadi-

an militar, h ga Canada’s nwst

cas célèbr a rsing intrdctin.

“on last spakr br w la th

park — and I think lks might

ha hard hr — thr was thing

last wk…in th Snat,” Sawr

jkd.

“Whn w startd rganizing thismarch, th mssag that Brigtt D-

Pap — rg pag — pt rward

thrgh that actin and thrgh hr

mdia statmnt is xactl wh w

wantd t bring ppl tgthr in

th strts tda,” Sawr said. “W

d bli that w d nd a Canadian

Arab spring.”

DPap llwd p n that ntin

in hr spch.

“Sinc m actin, I was hnrd t

rci a mssag rm ng actiists

in egpt,” sh said. “It was passd n

b a grp Canadian actiists wh

had tralld thr. T wr chr-

ing in Cair whn th saw phts

m actin with th mssag t Stp

Harpr. And th cnrmd r call

t bring th spirit th Arab spring

hr.”Sh als dclard hr spprt r

pstal wrkrs whs strik sh said

“is an imprtant part th bradr

ght against th Harpr agnda.”

Canadian unin Pstal Wrkrs

ic-prsidnt Lnn B spk br

DPap’s addrss.

“or strggl is n abt th tr

wrking ppl and pblic srics

in Canada,” sh said.

DPap, thgh, was clarl th cn-

tr attntin. And as th rall was

gtting ants t m, sh ga th

crwd th ralling call th xpctd:

“Whn I sa, ‘Stp!’ sa,

‘Harpr.’”

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kiERski

’r a bl cllar tradsprsn,

afnt Grn part spprtr, r

ain “rdinar,” th Cnsrati

Canada shld b targting

t.

was th mssag snir Man-

Cntr analsts Nichlas Gaik,rctt, and rmr Rrm

ladr Prstn Manning himsl

rd t th Cnsrati cnn-

rida.

ssn was plld rm th rslts

ll th cntr cndctd right a-

lctin. (Fr mr n this, s

Bll’s str in th Jn 8 ditin.)

pll hlpd answr an imprtant

qstin r Cnsratis, Gaik

xplaind.

Pinting t a map tlining spprt

r cnsrati rnt mar Rb

Frd in th 2010 mnicipal lctin,

Gaik askd wh ths rntnianswh spprtd Rb Frd did nt sp-

prt th Cnsratis n mass in th

dral lctin.

“Tis gis s an pprtnit t gt

a sns : Whr d ppl li? Wh

ar th in trms wh ar th nxt

grps ppl w shld b raching

t t and talking t?” h askd.

Ts in attndanc wrn’t l

wndring:

“T kinds ppl w think w

shld b raching t t: bl cllar

and tradsppl, Cnsrati-rint-

d Grns — that’s an intrsting n,

th ppl wh t r th Grn part in sbrban afnt aras ha a r

similar prl t Cnsrati sp-

prtrs — and thn th thr n is th

rdinar brad-and-bttr Canadians.”

Bt jst wh ar ths “rdinar

brad-and-bttr Canadians?”

“T ppl wh jst want t gt th

wrk dn: gt th rads xd, gt th

cnstitnc rpairs takn car .”

Whn it cam t adinc qstins,

Jhn Kr th Cnsrati candi-

dat r Nanaim-Cwichan wantd

Manning’s pinin n prprtinal

rprsntatin.

Kr, wh wn 38 pr cnt th

riding n Ma 2, lst t th NDP’s Jan

Crwdr.

H said h wld rll his s whn

th iss was raisd dring th cam-

paign, bt in rcting n his lss, h

appard t ha dbts.

“T NDP was ging arnd talking

abt prprtinal rprsntatin r-

ss rst past th pst. And it smd t

b an mphasis n this particlar can-

didat’s plank. S, I was wndring, is

thr an crrlatin with th rsarch

that ’r ding with th dmcratic

prcss in trms rst passd th pst

rss prprtinal rprsntatin?”

Manning tld Kr th NDP’s

stanc n prprtinal rprsntatin

is hpcritical.“on th PR thing, Jhn, i I was at a

dbat with an NDP n that, and par-

ticlarl a dral NDP wh was arg-

ing r prprtinal rprsntatin,

I’d sa i that’s sch a gd ida, hw

cm n princial NDP grnmnt

which has bn in a psitin t chang

th lctral laws that princ has

implmntd it?”

derburba

ree?ory blue

ning Centre analystsain why Conservativest reach out to bread-butter Canadians

A day 4

A month 19

A week 9

Permanently 2

A year 12

on Frida mrning Prstn Manning brid Cnsratis n th ts t thr t win.

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bob plamondon

“Lt thr b n splits.”

Ts wr th sag wrds Sir

Jhn A. Macdnald whn h sght

t bild a grand plitical allianc that

ndd p winning six Canada’s rst

sn lctins. Bt, this mrning,

Cnsrati actins ar xpctd t

ngag in pn warar in a plnar

sssin r th iss th qalit

ridings in slcting th part ladr.Fr his part, Macdnald was nr

n t brn bridgs. H wld nt

back smn int a crnr wh h

might latr want t call pn r sp-

prt. rating ppl rspctll, s-

pciall minritis, was hw h bilt

th alliancs ncssar t win and

hld pwr.

Sinc th das Macdnald th

Cnsrati Part ha n aild

t hd Macdnald’s dictms. Dii-

sin and disnit ha bn a r

disas, which mad thm an p-

psitin part r mch th 20th

cntr.

Prstn Manning rctd n th

r pnchant r sl-dstrctin in

his mmirs: “I wndrd whthr

th Cnsratis had bn brn n-

dr an nlck star, with a cngni-

tal inabilit t grn thmsls, lt

aln th cntr.” Whn a lwl p-

psitin, r a majrit grnmnt,

th ris ha n bn thir wn

wrst nm.

W might think that haing rcntl

wn a dcisi majrit grnmnt,

thir rst sinc 1988, that Cnsra-tis wld tak tim t clbrat

thir accmplishmnt br rtrn-

ing t thir diisi was. Bt th

rancr r th qalit ridings

thratns t atall disrpt part ni-

t and ndrmin thir prspcts

sstaining and adancing thir pliti-

cal rtns.

Cnsrati MP Sctt Rid, as wll

as cabint ministrs Jasn Knn and

Jhn Baird, ar taking this mmnt

part trimph t lanch a ciil war.

Whil ris at thir natinal cnn-

tin ma bli th ar dbating th

qalit ridings in part dcisin-

making, th ral iss is nit and r-

spct amng th cmpnnt parts

th Cnsrati calitin.

Tis cnntin r is dminatd

b dlgats wh cm rm rid-

ing assciatins whr th ris ar

strng — whr mmbrship lists

ar rbst and thr is mn in th

bank. T ridings at th ppsit nd

th spctrm, mstl rm Qbc

and Atlantic Canada, ar nt as wll

rprsntd. It is ths wak ridings

wh wld b mst diminishd b th

mmnt t nd riding qalit.

Alng th wa, th mss pblic d-

bat has cratd rsntmnts and bad

bld n all sids. T cnsqncs

cld b mr sr and lng last-

ing i th mtins that rward th

strngr riding assciatins with

mr clt wr r passd. In this

circmstanc, w can xpct that dl-

gats rm Qbc and man small

ridings will la th cnntin l-

ing lik scnd class citizns. Sm

ma disngag, laing th r part

in wrs shap in th r ridings

whr th ha th mst wrk t d.

Had Harpr nt agrd t th qal-

it ridings in 2003, thr wld ha

bn n mrgr. Changing crs t-

da, at last as ar as th ld Prgrs-

si Cnsrati clan is cncrnd,wld b a brkn trst. Rlatin-

ships will b shattrd. othr dii-

sins, sch as n scial plic, will b

accntatd. T nit cabint, at

last amng ministrs wh ha takn

a strng stand n th qalit iss,

will b waknd and rialris stab-

lishd. All this r an iss that will

nt ha an practical signicanc

ntil Harpr rsigns as part ladr.

Tis is th third cnscti Cn-

srati mting whr rcs ha

clashd n th cnntin r r

riding qalit. Bt it ma b th rst

tim that laish hspitalit sits ha

bn rganizd r an iss with th

part’s cnstittin. Ts adcating

chang hstd an xtraagant part

at th Wstin Htl Frida ning,

rplt with an pn bar and gr-

mt trats that n xprincd h-

tlir stimatd cld ha cst r

$30,000. Tis is a ar cr rm Rrm

Part mtings that wr tpicall

hld in chrch basmnts whr a hat

was passd t cr csts. Whr

pickd p th tab r th sprad n

Frida night has nt bn disclsd,

bt it’s wrth asking whr this tsndr th laws grning plitical

actiit.

Macdnald sd t sa that whn

trat ppl lik th ar part a

actin, as ppsd t mbracing thm

within th mainstram, th bcm

actis. Stphn Harpr rcgnizd

this act in pr-mrgr das whn

h wrt, “I c-pratin is r t

wrk, th ragmnts Canadian cn-

sratism mst rcgniz that ach

rprsnts an athntic aspct a

largr cnsrati philsph.”

T apprach t rsling this di-

rnc pinin, r thr cnn-

tins, has bn anthing bt rspct-

l and cprati. T prtagnists

prr a mss ght n th cnntin

r t a rsltin b mr psi-

ti and rspctl mans. T ral-

it is th ris ha mr imprtant

prblms t addrss, sch as making

thmsls attracti t Qbcrs.

It sms pcliar that th dcisi is-

s th 2011 cnntin is a pr-

psal that cld alinat th w Q-

bc ris wh ar tring t mak a

dirnc.

T Cnsrati lgac r th pastcntr is incssant intrnal dbats,

prsnalit cnicts, and rginal-

ism. T mst imprtant lssn Cn-

sratis can larn rm thir his-

tr is that disnit and diisin ar

a garant ailr. Whil cnn-

tin dlgats ma dbat th rlati

thrtical mrits n-mmbr-n

t, th ral iss bing plad t is

part nit. Fllwing lctral tri-

mph th lk ld schl b crating

diisins that ma nr hal.

b p e ur f

ree eeer, cug,

rece, Blu Tud: T

tu bu Cvv

mcdld hp.

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hlEEn haRRis

nsratis want t s thir

majrit clt t implmnt am-

ndl tax plic and as rli-

n grnmnt prgrams, sa

dlgats at th cnntin in

wa.

l Charbnna Barrn, a dl-

and rmr candidat rm sb-

Mntral, said mch discssin

s arnd masrs that lnd -

al spprt t strggling amilis

anadians in nd, whil ncr-

ppl t tak mr prsnal

nsibilit.

rthing in th Cnsrati Par-

ming t hlp th amil — this

gal,” sh tld iPlitics. “y ha

sm th rspnsibilit t th

. W ha t ask mr sm

s w can hlp ths wh can

lp thmsls. Tis is th spirit.”

Charbnna Barrn said thr is

als a dtrminatin t tackl th dbtand rin in grnmnt spnding, in

cntrast t th thr plitical partis

that ar “mr scialist.”

Fllw dlgat elln d Grandpr

said whil thr is a strng will t r-

dc taxs and gt th dral na ncs

in rdr, thr is als brad ndr-

standing that ctbacks can’t cm s

ast that th will raag ald pblic

srics.

“y can’t jst mak drastic tax r-

dctins in n ara,” sh said. “y

still nd mn r prgrams. It’s nic

t sa want taxs ct and want

thm ct nw, bt ha t b sn-

sibl abt th rprcssins in aras

th grnmnt is als rspnsibl r.”

Calgar Wst dlgat Wilmr

Drksn ss mch rm r acrss-

th-bard tax cts — n dring n-

crtain cnmic tims.

“I lwr taxs r bsinss,

th’ll crat mr jbs. I lwrtaxs r indiidals, th’ll g t and

b mr things,” h said.

Drksn said an ciilizatin that

lwrs taxs is prgrssi, insisting

raising taxs nl “kills th gldn

gs.” H taks Harpr n his wrd

that th grnmnt will sla th d-

cit b 2014 and xpcts h will als

mak gd n a pldg t ct grn-

mnt spnding.

“W’ll gt it ndr cntrl. W’r a

majrit grnmnt nw,” h said.

T March dral bdgt prjctd

balancd bks b 2015-2016, bt this

mnth’s rtabld rsin acclrats

th dcit rdctin dat b n ar

t 2014-2015.

Da Qist, xcti dirctr th

Institt Marriag and Famil Can-

ada, said thr ar hps and xpcta-

tins that cm with t h Cnsratis

ming rm minrit t majrit

pwr. H wlcms midrang plansr amil-incm splitting, which

Prim Ministr Stphn Harpr an-

nncd wld b implmntd nc

th dcit is wipd t.

“obisl w’d rathr s it snr

rathr than latr, bt w’ll tak at last

an acknwldgmnt and th hat tip

that th’r ging t m n it at last

as a psiti sign,” h said. “And w’ll

b thr t cntin t rmind thm

and mak sr th dn’t rgt abt

it.”

Qist als praisd th sprinkling

tax crdits that bnt Canadian

amilis, bt hps r n mr

masrs that strngthn traditinal

amilis, sch as dcatin arnd th

scital adantags marriag rss

chabitatin.

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T prssr is n Financ Ministr Jim Fla hrt as h hads int t h CPC cnntin.

“…rancour over theequality of ridingsthreatens to fatally

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th ppl wh jst nj all things

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