Liberals keep Harper agenda on track

Less than two months on the job and Michael Ignatieff is already picking up where Stéphane Dion left off.

Michael Ignatieff says he’s opposed to Stephen Harper’s Conservative agenda. He claims to have the Harper government on probation, but the reality is that for 16 months Conservatives have been happily governing with Liberal MPs at their side.

Today, Liberal MPs voted for the 50th time to keep the Harper agenda on track – rubber-stamping a Conservative budget that fails to protect the most vulnerable in our struggling economy.

With the support of Liberal MPs, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have:

• Ended our global commitments to the Kyoto climate change treaty
• Stolen $55 billion in employee contributions to the Employment Insurance fund
• Extended Canada’s military role in Afghanistan until 2011
• Changed the Immigration Act – giving the Minister powers to treat immigration applicants unfairly
• Passed another budget that doesn’t help out-of-work Canadians struggling to get the EI they’ve paid for, and forever prevents women from seeking pay equity in the courts.

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Ignatieff’s Liberals can’t have it both ways. They can’t say they are opposed to Harper’s agenda and do nothing to stop it.

Stephen Harper’s agenda is a real threat to ordinary families. It deserves real opposition. The real opposition is Jack Layton’s New Democrat Opposition.

You can count on New Democrats to fight for you and your family, between elections as well as during them - each and every day.

50 confidence votes in a row:

40th Parliament, 2nd Session

50. Supplementary Estimates B (2009-10), February 12, 2009 (Based on projected order of business)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

49. Budget Implementation Act, February 12, 2009 (Based on projected order of business)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

48. Ways and Means Motion, Budget 2009, February, 5, 2009 (Division 4)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

47. Ways and Means Motion, February, 3, 2009 (Division 3)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

46. Liberal amendment, Throne Speech, February 2, 2009 (Division 2)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

45. Bloc sub amendment, Throne Speech, January 29, 2009 (Division 1)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

40th Parliament, 1st Session

44. Bloc sub amendment, Throne Speech, November 24, 2008 (Division 1)
Liberals and New Democrats voted with Harper.

39th Parliament, 2nd Session

43. Budget 2008, June 9, 2008 (Division 142)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

42. Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 140)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

41. Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 139)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

40. Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 138)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

39. Estimates 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 137)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

38. Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 136)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

37. Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 135)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

36. Appropriation Act, 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 134)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

35. Estimates 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 133)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

34. Estimates 2008-2009, June 5, 2008 (Division 132)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

33. Budget 2008 report stage, June 2, 2008 (Division 121)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

32. NDP Immigration amendment to Budget 2008, June 2, 2008 (Division 120)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

31. Bloc EI amendment to Budget 2008, June 2, 2008 (Division 119)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

30. NDP Confidence motion on growing prosperity gap , May 12, 2008 (Division 109)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

29. Budget Implementation, April 10, 2008 (Division 89)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

28. Budget 2008, NDP amendment on immigration April 9, 2008 (Division 83)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

27. NDP confidence motion on corporate tax cuts, April 2, 2008 (Division 79)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

26. Afghan extension, March 13, 2008 (Division 76)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

25. NDP amendment to Afghan extension, March 13, 2008 (Division 75)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

24. Ways and Means (Death of Liberal RESP), March 13, 2008 (Division 74)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

23. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 72)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

22. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 71)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

21. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 70)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

20. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 69)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

19. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 68)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

18. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 67)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

17. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 66)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

16. Estimates, 2007-2008, March 12, 2008 (Division 65)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

15. NDP confidence motion on Harper’s environmental record, March 10, 2008 (Division 62)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

14. Budget 2008, Ways and Means, March 4, 2008 (Division 47).
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but few a Liberals abstained.

13. Liberal amendment to Budget 2008, March 3, 2008 (Division 44).
New Democrats voted with Harper. All but few a Liberals abstained.

12. Bloc amendment to Budget 2008, February 28, 2008 (Division 43).
Liberals and New Democrats voted with Harper.

11. Tackling Violent Crime Act, February 12, 2008 (Division 40)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

10. Budget and Economic Statement, December 13, 2007 (Division 30)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

9. Budget and Economic Statement, December 10, 2007 (Division 24)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All but a few Liberals abstained.

8. NDP amendment to Budget and Economic Statement, December 10, 2007 (Division 23)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

7. Appropriation, 2007-2008, December 6, 2007 (Division 22)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

6. Estimates, 2007-2008. December 6, 2007 (Division 21)
New Democrats voted against Harper. Liberals voted with Harper.

5. Budget and Economic Statement, December 4, 2007 (Division 19)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

4. Ways and Means, Budget, November 14, 2007 (Division 9)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

3. Bloc Manufacturing and Forestry bailout, November 14, 2007 (Division 8)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

2. Ways and Means, Mini Budget, October 31, 2007 (Division 7)
New Democrats voted against Harper. All Liberals abstained.

1. Throne Speech, October 24, 2007 (Division 3)
New Democrats voted against Harper All Liberals abstained..