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庄美楷同意国会休会 联合政府暂成泡影(图)
【北美在线 NAOL.CA/NAOL.US】
2008/12/04
北美在线(NAOL.CA/NAOL.US)记者了然报道：果然不出所料，处在政治危机之中的加拿大总理哈珀今天上午正式向总督庄美楷提出国会休会至明年1月底，届时现政府会向国会提交正式的财政计划。
让人稍感意外的是，庄美楷几乎是立即就同意了哈珀的要求。
此前了然预计她会至少再考虑半天一天的，毕竟她昨晚刚刚回到加拿大。看来总督在外国期间，对国内局势一直了如指掌，提前回来只是为了签个字罢了。
当哈珀总理晋见总督庄美楷时，
场外反对联合政府计划的示威者挥舞旗帜支持哈珀
昨晚东部时间7点，哈珀始向全国发表电视讲话，号召民众支持他阻止反对党的联合政府方案，以图解救政府倒台危机。哈珀在讲话中明确表示要“用尽一切可能的法律手段保卫民主、保卫经济和保卫加拿大”，所以几乎所有人都预计他在今天上午与总督的会面中会提出断然措施，最可能的就是请求国会休会，以便推迟到明年1月27日现政府提出正式财政计划时再复会表决，借以挽救现政府或至少推迟下台。
下面是CBC的详细报道。
GG agrees to suspend Parliament: PMO
Last Updated: Thursday, December 4, 2008
11:45 AM ET
CBC News：Gov. Gen.
Michaëlle Jean has agreed with a request
from Stephen Harper to suspend Parliament,
the Prime Minister's Office told CBC News, a
move that avoids a confidence vote set for
Monday that could have toppled his minority
government.
The announcement on Thursday comes after a
two-hour meeting with Jean at Rideau Hall in
which Harper asked her to prorogue, or
suspend, the current parliamentary session
until the end of January, when the Tories
plan to table a budget.
A no-confidence vote could have precipitated
the rise of a Liberal-NDP coalition. If the
Governor General had refused the prime
minister's request, she could have called an
election had the Conservatives lost the
no-confidence vote. Or she could have
allowed the proposed Liberal-NDP coalition
to govern if the no-confidence vote was
successful.
But the decision to suspend Parliament only
gives the Tories a reprieve until late
January, when they plan to table a budget
that could set them up for a no-confidence
vote.
Harper waved to onlookers after his
limousine arrived at Rideau Hall at 9:30 a.m
ET Thursday. He was greeted by about 40
chanting supporters, including Conservative
staffers. A single anti-Harper demonstrator
stood waving a sign reading "Harper Must
Go."
Harper has pledged to use "every legal
means" to prevent a Liberal-NDP coalition
government, backed by the Bloc Québécois,
from taking power.
Making his case
Harper's visit comes a day after he took to
the airwaves to make his case that his
government should remain in power.
In a five-minute, pre-recorded statement
Wednesday night, Harper spoke bluntly
against a proposed Liberal-NDP coalition
backed by "separatists," saying the federal
government must stand unequivocally for
keeping the country together in the face of
the global economic crisis.
Jean returned to Ottawa on Wednesday after
cutting short a two-week trip to Europe.
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, who would head
the proposed coalition, said he sent a
letter to Jean on Wednesday, urging her to
reject any attempt by Harper to prorogue
Parliament.
Dion responded to Harper's address with his
own taped rebuttal in which he defended the
notion of a proposed coalition government
"as normal and current practice in many
parts of the world."
The Conservatives have lost the confidence
of the majority of members of the House of
Commons — largely because of their, in the
opposition's view, inadequate reaction to
Canada's financial crunch — and thus, "have
lost the right to govern," Dion said.
Economic statement lambasted
The coalition sprang up after the Tories
released an economic statement that was
lambasted by the opposition parties.
They accused Harper of doing nothing to
address the current economic crisis and
slammed what they saw as ideologically
driven measures such as the proposed
elimination of subsidies for political
parties, a three-year ban on the right of
civil servants to strike and limits on the
ability of women to sue for pay equity.
Harper has since backed down on those
contentious issues, but the opposition has
pushed forward with the coalition.
The coalition — which would have a 24-member
cabinet composed of six NDP and 18 Liberal
MPs — has vowed to make an economic stimulus
package a priority, proposing a
multibillion-dollar plan that would include
help for the auto and forestry sectors.
With 77 Liberal MPs and 37 New Democrats,
plus the support of 49 Bloc members, the
three parties have more seats than the 143
held by the Tories.
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