Dion must have seen the poll.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ional/homeDion agrees to meet Harper Monday
The Canadian Press
August 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM EDT
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with his Liberal rival Stéphane Dion in a Labour Day showdown that will almost certainly precede an election.
Mr. Harper's spokesman says the afternoon meeting will take place Monday at the Prime Minister's residence at 24 Sussex Drive.
The Prime Minister has met with other opposition leaders ostensibly to determine if there was common ground to avoid autumn election that all parties want.
Meetings with NDP Leader Jack Layton and the Bloc's Gilles Duceppe have so far followed a similar script: the opposition leaders emerged to say Mr. Harper is intent on breaking his promise not to dissolve Parliament before October 2009 and the prime minister's spokesman emerge to insist the opposition is intent on paralyzing Parliament.
Duceppe says Harper's mind is set
Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe emerged from a meeting with Stephen Harper on Friday to say the Prime Minister is intent on calling a fall election
Mr. Dion will sit down with the prime minister despite asserting that he had no time in his schedule before September 9th. Government officials have said Mr. Harper is prepared to call an election any time after Tuesday.
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