FYI Jack Layton

Currently we have a minority government ruling in Ottawa that means that the opposition parties can bring down the government. I believe that the NDP, of which you are the leader (there is an oxymoron for you) could appease those angry at Harper...why have you not done so?

Many angry at Harper over budget, Layton claims

Updated Sat. Jun. 16 2007 7:02 PM ET

Canadian Press

ANTIGONISH, N.S. -- Anger about the federal government's ongoing battle with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland over offshore oil and gas revenues isn't limited to Atlantic Canada, says federal NDP Leader Jack Layton.

Layton, who was in Nova Scotia for the provincial New Democrats' annual convention in Antigonish on Friday, said voters in his Toronto riding are asking many of the same questions.

"The reaction I get is that Stephen Harper can't be trusted,'' said Layton.

"They say to me, `Didn't he give his word to these people? Wasn't it actually a contract that had been signed off? What's he doing breaking that promise?'''