Tories, NDP end standoff over $260-billion

The government's $260-billion spending initiatives for 2010 fiscal year could have been derailed if the NDP and Tories didn't back down from their standoff.

The House ended a showdown on Friday between the governing Conservatives and the NDP over the government's $260-billion main spending estimates for 2010 when it passed a special order allowing the government to introduce its supply bill in order to get the estimates process into Parliamentary mot...

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