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OTTAWA, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A Canadian opposition leader said he won't challenge Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government to an election over the new budget.
Liberal leader Stephane Dion told reporters in Ottawa he considered the budget Finance Minister Jim Flaherty introduced in Parliament Tuesday a "watered-down Liberal budget," the Ottawa Citizen reported Wednesday.
"Under the circumstances I don't see enough in this budget that would justify that we precipitate an election that Canadians do not want for now," Dion said.
Two other opposition leaders, Jack Layton of the socialist New Democrat Party, and Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe, each said they were ready to bring the government to an election over the budget, but they would need the backing of the Liberals to do so, the report said.
Dion Monday also indicated he wouldn't force an election over the issue of extending Canada's military role in Afghanistan until 2011, again saying the Conservatives' proposal was mostly in line with the Liberal plan.
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