Tory rift widens in Atlantic Canada
An angry Nova Scotia Tory Premier is urging the two remaining Conservative MPs from his province to vote against the Harper government’s budget because of a fight over oil money.
Premier Rodney MacDonald also called on Nova Scotia’s senators to try to hold up the budget bill in the Senate if it passes the House of Commons.
In an interview that highlighted a growing rift in the Tory political family in Atlantic Canada, Mr. MacDonald said Sunday that Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty “has turned his back on Nova Scotians, and our quiet talks are about to get a whole lot louder.”
