On, July 17th, Stockwell Day asked the National Council of the Canadian Alliance to call a leadership race. The Alliance leader said it was his duty as leader to find a solution to the internal rift in the party. (Day said it would be up to the council to set a date for the leadership race but he said it should be sooner rather than later. He said he had not yet decided whether he would run again.)

Date: 2001-07-17
Placeline: CALGARY, Alberta.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 24 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << I set aside any personal aspirations for the good of this party its principles and its Constitution I have therefore decided with the support of my caucus colleagues to put the decision on leadership of the Canadian Alliance back into the hands of the members of our great party from coast to coast >>

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