The Harper government sparked a showdown with the opposition parties over its fiscal update. Within minutes of the November 27th unveiling of the update in the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jack Layton was telling his fellow MP's his party would reject the plan when it came to a vote. (The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois said they could not support the plan because it offered no proposals to deal with the economic crisis.)

Date: 2008-11-27
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 9 seconds

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