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Read all about it! Tonight, the opposition united to bring down Paul Martin's minority government, and forced Canadians into an election during a time when Canadians, regardless of cultural or religious affiliation, take time to be with their families, and reflect on the year that has been. If what Tory House Leader Jay Hill had to say is any indication, peace on earth and good will towards men (and women), will instead be replaced by partisan bickering and mudslinging. Stephen Harper and his clan of right-wing zealots formed their own Axis of Ego with the separatists and the NDP to delay tax relief for hard-working Canadians, to put off important spending to improve the living conditions for Canada's First Nations, and to delay improvements to our health care system. That's right, folks, according to the opposition, sending Canadians into an election that they have said they don't want is more important than doing the people's work. Now, instead of carollers knocking on our doors, holiday dinners will interrupted by campaign workers burying us in an avalanche of election pamphlets.

Now, we've also heard that Stephen Harper, a man who hid behind Parliamentary Privilege to avoid a libel lawsuit last week, is now contemplating suing the Liberal Party for 40 million dollars that he says the Gomery Inquiry cannot account for. Mr. Harper ought to quit writing his own report, and read the one that Mr. Justice Gomery wrote. The money is accounted for, and the Government is suing those who received it, in order to get it back. If Mr. Harper has to turn his back on the truth to get people to vote for him, then perhaps that is the more telling about how little integrity he has. Politicians have been known to cast facts in a light that benefits them best, but Mr. Harper has chosen to cross the line, over and over again. He has ignored facts, he has ignored the will of the Canadian people, and in my opinion, lacks the integrity required to hold the keys to 24 Sussex.