What we intend to do between now and then is not to play chicken with the opposition. It's to govern and progress on our legislative agenda.
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While the government does not believe that the recall of Parliament is warranted at this time, it believes that we cannot exclude such a possibility between now and the scheduled resumption.Marc Roy
We're not looking to play chicken with the opposition. The Prime Minister has set a date, 30 days after Gomery reports, to call an election and I think that the Canadian people want to see those reports before going into an election. So any talk of making the government fall before then is irresponsible.
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The prime minister made a commitment to call an election 30 days after Justice Gomery reports,
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All I can say is that our objective going in is to make Parliament work. That is our one and only objective. That's why we were elected--to govern--and we will be approaching this legislative session, just like we did the one before, trying to make Parliament work.
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The government was extremely productive, ... It was extremely productive not only in the House of Commons, legislatively, but in other aspects such as negotiations with provinces and agreements for equalizations and agreements with provinces for funding on health care, for cities, communities. So we're going to continue to work in the House and with provinces in order to continue to accomplish our commitments from the Speech from the Throne.
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