Harper Minority Offered Political Lifeline By Bloc, NDP Demands

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Harper minority offered political lifeline by Bloc, NDP demands
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OTTAWA — The Bloc Quebecois is set to lay down a series of economic policies on which it hopes to work with the Conservative government.

And that will provide Prime Minister Stephen Harper with two potential opposition dance partners to keep his minority government alive.

Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe told The Canadian Press he will unveil a series of economic policies at a news conference Thursday in Ottawa.

The announcement comes on the heels of a poll that showed the Bloc behind the Liberals in Quebec for the first time in five years.

That poll - coupled with overtures from the NDP, and now the Bloc - suggests the Conservatives have more room to manoeuvre to avoid a vote of non-confidence.

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