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Leadership candidates agree to Dion as interim PM

Updated Mon. Dec. 1 2008 1:36 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

The three main Liberal leadership contenders met Monday with party leader Stephane Dion and agreed unanimously that he should lead a coalition with the NDP and serve as interim prime minister if the government is brought down.

Michael Ignatieff, Bob Rae and Dominic LeBlanc are all vying to replace the outgoing Dion, but agreed he would hold the job until May when a new Liberal leader is chosen.

Dion presented the candidates with the draft agreement that has been negotiated with the New Democrats and the Bloc Quebecois, who would support the coalition from outside of government.

"They agreed that the terms were good, and they went to the Liberal caucus, where we are told they unanimously said they support Mr. Dion in being the leader," said CTV's Mike Duffy.

"He will be the prime minister on an interim basis until the Liberal convention in May and that they're going to write a letter to the governor general telling her the opposition parties no longer have confidence in the government."

The current political storm erupted last week after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled his economic update -- a blueprint that contained no stimulus package, temporarily shut down public servants' ability to strike and outlined plans to slash public funding for political parties.

As a confidence motion the fiscal update must pass in the House of Commons or the government would fall.

Almost immediately after Flaherty's announcement, opposition parties began meeting to discuss forming a coalition.

Details have been in the finalization process over the weekend and Monday as party members work to hammer out an agreement to topple the Conservatives.

CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported earlier Monday that a high-profile, four-person economic council would guide a Liberal-NDP coalition government on finance matters.

Thecouncil would comprise Frank McKenna, Paul Martin, John Manley and Roy Romanow.

"This is a way to assure Canadians the economy would be managed properly," Fife told C

   

Ask him anything but keep it short. You will have to repeat the question very slowly many times and don't expect a response since all questions will be unfair.

   

Untill May. That's a shorter run than Kim Campbell had I think.

   

74% of Canadians said no DION but we can't get rid of him...what a democracy

   

But by that logic, 63% of Canadians said no Harper...so maybe the question should be one or the other. As 'weak' as Dion is he'd probably still do ok.



Here's a question for him:

"How much will you speak to the media relative to the fascist Stephen Harper?"

   

He'll be speaking....problem is we won't understand what the hell he's saying...Frenglish or Eenrench

   

I'd likely find that amusing if I were into racist humour.

   

French or English is a race?

   

Since when was not being able to speak, period, an identifiable marker of a race? Inability to speak is a sign of mental weakness.

   

Actually that's funny right thar.

   

is that farmer?

   

simple math 38 is higher than 26, Dion lost , time to go away and stop crying.

   

The Harperites have been doing the crying here for the last 48 or so hours.

   

you haven't stopped crying in the last 2 years.

it's all Harpers fault

   

WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM DO WE HAVE WHEN WE ALLOW AN UNELECTED PRIME MINISTER?

   

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