I don't see this as plausible but stranger things have happened... .
Won't back crime bills, MPs say
Opposition vow to block get-tough measures; Tories won't back down
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
November 5, 2008
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs, including Liberals who have worked on justice issues, say they would plunge the country into another federal election before agreeing to a slate of Conservative proposals that would see convicted criminals treated more harshly.
The measures, including tougher penalties for young offenders and the reduced use of conditional sentences that allow criminals to serve their time at home, are likely to be among the first tests of Liberal willingness to challenge Stephen Harper's new minority government.
The Conservatives are not backing down from threats to make the measures matters of confidence.
"I don't think there has been any change in our position around that," Kory Teneycke, spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told The Globe and Mail. "We are prepared to make them [justice issues] confidence matters if necessary."
During the last session of Parliament, the Conservatives passed a law that removed judges' ability to hand down conditional sentences for a range of serious violent crimes.
Full story here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081105.wjustice30/BNStory/politics/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081105.wjustice30
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I am willing to bet The GG would not accede to an election request in the first few months of this new minority. If Harper wants to take the gambleover whether she would ask other parties to see if they can form the government or not, I say let him roll the dice. The opposition and the Liberals are right not to back down to this.
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