Prime Minister Martin called October 7th a great day for Canadians after a deal was reached to end a showdown that could have brought down his government and forced another federal vote. Martin said the last-minute deal was reached when he agreed to support a key Bloc Quebecois sub-amendment to the government's throne speech after certain changes were made.

Date: 2004-10-07
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 22 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << but I really felt that this was not the way that the parliament should be working I spoke to to Jack Layton and then I spoke to Stephen Harper and spoke to Shield recep subsequently we met and we agreed that the that part of the amendment that essentially what are delegated authority outside of parliament would be struck from the amendment >>

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