Flaherty’s dead-in-the-water budget gets thumbs down from opposition parties, Tories could be defeated this week, political drama heightens on Parliament Hill

 The stage is set for a dramatic confidence vote to defeat the government Friday after NDP Leader Jack Layton’s snap decision to join the other opposition leaders and oppose the federal budget. 

PARLIAMENT HILL—The stage is set for a dramatic confidence vote to defeat the government Friday after NDP Leader Jack Layton’s snap decision to join the other opposition leaders and oppose the federal budget.

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