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The PM’s pitch to Quebec sounds a lot like his pitch to Ajax, which sounds a lot like his pitch to southern Ontario

The Prime Minister’s pitch to Quebec sounds a lot like his pitch to Ajax, which sounds a lot like his pitch to southern Ontario. In the last case, the “coalition” apparently has to explain why the Bloc doesn’t like national parks.

“When we get to the day that the opposition coalition forces an election, which I hope, as I say, is not in the immediate future because I think we should be focusing on the economy, I think the Liberals and NDP are going to have a lot of explaining to do,” he said, including “why they want to be a coalition partner with a party that thinks things like the national parks are a federalist plot. I think it’s just bizarre.”

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