Stephen Harper balks at debating challenge issued by NDP MP

'Elections should be a time for Canadian people to debate what their country means': NDP candidate Bill Phipps

Stephen Harper probably won't accept the challenge to debate his rivals in an open forum in the upcoming Calgary Southwest byelection, thwarting attempts by the NDP to turn the race into something more than a mere cakewalk for the new Alliance leader.

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