Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm