Bloc Quebecois: Oilsands Operators

Calgary Herald Dept: The fourth federal election campaign in seven years seems a near certainty in the coming days after the NDP joined the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois in opposing the Conservative budget tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, according to Calgary Herald. "If the opposition forces an election, we believe the budget is a strong platform to run on," Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, regional minister for southern Alberta, said in an interview and canadians appear headed to a spring federal election after opposition parties rejected a stay-the-course budget from the Harper government that contains few goodies for Alberta, ignores provincial health funding concerns and eliminates tax breaks for oilsands operators. Moreover, the Harper government is refusing to consider amendments to its $279-billion budget -one that projects a deficit of $29.6 billion -further setting the stage for an election campaign that will likely culminate in an early May vote. As reported in the news.
@t finance minister jim flaherty, federal election campaign