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Harper to provinces on Atlantic accords:
sue me
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Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Thursday, June 14, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin |
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It's not every day Canada's Prime Minister challenges Premiers to sue him or be sued by him and I assume his Finance Minister whose opinion piece in the Chronicle Herald raised Rodney MacDonald ire.
Why Stephen Harper has gone to this length is open to conjecture. That what was a debate has now gone far beyond the quiet discussion stage is clear.
Were you sitting on a jury where would you see the burden of proof resting:
ON THE PROVINCES THAT THE BUDGET DID NOT MEET THE TERMS OF THE CONTACTS?
ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO LOSS THROUGH BREAKING THE CONTRACTS?
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Should you prefer a simpler judgement is to decide which of the two choices below would you believe to be correct:
A contact made ought to be honoured unless both parties agree?
Or not.
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Joe Hueglin
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| Reference: |
1. CP, Harper to provinces on Atlantic accords: sue me (pdf) June 11, 2007, Canadian Press |
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2. Government of Canada, Nova Scotia Offshore Arrangements May 16, 2007
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3. The Atlantic Accord, February 14, 2005
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4. CBC News, Sask. will sue over equalization: Calvert (pdf) June 13, 2007 CBC
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