Federal budget may trigger spring electionContinued from page 1The Liberals are 13 points behind in thepolls and the NDP stand to lose 10 seats. Thisscenario is the only way forcing an election nowmakes sense.Oakvilles federal Liberal candidate MaxKhan disagrees.Im not running in this election to notwin, he said.If Terence has said we dont expect to winthat is very reflective of the attitude the govern-ment has right now that they are going to winand that they are entitled to win.Oakville NDP CandidateOakville MPOakville Liberal Candidate Halton MPKhan, who believes a spring election may beTerence YoungMJames Edeax KhanLisa Raittinevitable, said this entitlement is reflected in the renewal of the home energy retrofit now calling, the Great Recession. PrimeKhan said he is not sure whether it is a good the fact the RCMP is investigating theprogram for one year.Minister Harper, who is a brilliant economist,or bad time for an election, but noted when the Conservative government for violating electionThe response across the country really has done a masterful job of saving Canadiansgovernment brings forward a budget that is laws, in the Bev Oda scandal and in a Commonsreflects the fact that we went across the country from the worst part of the recession. We haveunacceptable to Canadians it is the oppositions committee finding the Harper government inasking Canadians what they wanted in this the highest growth of the G7 countries; wevejob provide the checks and balances.contempt for not coming clean about the costbudget, said Raitt.now had six consecutive quarters of growth; weI understand there are going to be a lot of of several big-ticket items.Weve got lots of different organizations have the lowest debt to GDP ratio of the G7 andpeople who will say it is not a good time for an Oakvilles federal NDP candidate James Edecoming out in support of it. Even the Canada all the jobs that were lost in the recession, moreelection, said Khan. But there are also other said the NDP is calling for an election nowLabour Congress is supporting the budget and than that has been regained. This is the worstpeople who are saying this Conservative minor-because the Conservative budget does far toothey represent 3.2 million unionized workers. possible time for an election to change direc-ity government can not be allowed to get away little to help Canadians.They are saying theres a lot of good stuff there tion and get into massive new spending pro-with some of the issues theyve been getting I think an election is likely because theand they are urging the parties to look at it grams, said Young.away with so far. Our position is we need to be NDP had a number of proposals we were look-carefully.There are still risks out there. The U.S.spending more money on our seniors, we need ing for in this budget. We dont think theseNot impressed, said Ede.housing sector is stalled, they are our largestto be spending more money on our students, were outrageous; they were reasonable; theyIts like $600 a year for the most impover-trading partner. They still have huge debt, wevewe need to be spending more money for family were affordable. Mr. Harper and theished seniors? That is not going to make a dif-just been through a worldwide recession andcaregivers. We talk about quality and affordable Conservatives had the opportunity to make aference, he said.unemployment is still relatively high, at 7.6 perchildcare. If you look at the budget theyve pre-difference in peoples lives. The party studiedThe NDP was asking for a real increase, not cent. So, this is no time to change horsessented theres nothing there for childcare, the budget when it came out and found therea minor little thing like that. 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