Showdown brewing in Ottawa over Afghanistan

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Canada's minority Conservative government appears headed toward a showdown with Opposition parties over Canada's growing combat role in Afghanistan.

When unveiling his leadership platform on Tuesday, federal Liberal leadership hopeful Ken Dryden aimed some choice criticism at the Conservative government's reluctance to debate Canada's increasingly dangerous role in the war-torn country.

"What we needed in the spring was a real debate, what we still need is a real debate," he said.

"The question for us is the basic one: whether we should be there in the first place," said Dryden as Canada's death toll rose past 30 over Labour Day weekend.

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