Liberals back Tories on Afghan mission, reject calls for vote

[tuvor]

OTTAWA -- The Liberals appear to be lining up solidly behind the Conservative government over the mission in Afghanistan, rejecting NDP calls for a parliamentary vote on the matter.

"We are against a vote because it's a responsibility of the executive and because we should not second-guess when we have an important mission to succeed," Liberal foreign affairs critic Stéphane Dion said yesterday on CTV's Question Period.

Just three weeks ago, Liberal defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh spoke out vigorously in favour of a House debate while clearly leaving the door open to a vote on the Afghan mission.

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[MrPrax]

1. Well then...

I guess Jack and his party should really consider that merger--lots of common ground on this issue...

:eyes:

So this is Stephane Dion, a potential French Canadian leadership hopeful, bucking the trend in Quebec that shows much more opposition to the Afghanistan mission than anywhere else?

Hope that works out for you, fool...