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March 24, 2011

Coalition agreement with Ignatieff’s signature disappears from Liberal.ca

In the past, whenever I needed to refer to the coalition agreement that members of the Liberal caucus signed, I could just go to Liberal.ca and find it. However, imagine my surprise when I tried to find it as an election looms in which Michael Ignatieff will be dogged daily by a question he seems to be unwilling to answer: that of a coalition with the other two parties if Stephen Harper should again win a plurality of seats in the House of Commons.

Here is a screenshot of http://www.liberal.ca/pdf/docs/081204_petition_Liberal.pdf as it appears today:

Here is a screenshot of http://www.liberal.ca/pdf/docs/081204_petition_Liberal.pdf from a cached version from May 2009:

And if anyone would like to access the document live, here it is:
081204_petition_Liberal

This entry was authored by Stephen Taylor at 02:38 PM | Tweet this | Comments (12)

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http://twitter.com/milnews_ca Tony Prudori

Thank heavens for archive.com, eh? Also downloadable in full PDF format here -> http://bit.ly/fqEuy3

Very good catch – well done!
Liz J

So we don’t need an answer from Iggy as to whether he would be part of a coalition to take down the duly elected government should it be a minority Conservative one, the one he signed is still viable.

Aren’t these the same bozos who rage on about the Conservatives being undemocratic?
Anonymous

Usually that which has been most recently flushed down the memory hole is indicative of the owner’s greatest fears at the current time.
Anonymous

Great catch BTW!!! I think we will be referring to this item quite a bit over the next few weeks.
Anonymous

Check Jean Lapierre’s recent tweet. Looks like Iggy’s signature isn’t the only thing missing. Nothing about Iggy on the bus either.
Gord Tulk

Stephen: I checked the PDF link at least three times and I cannot find MI’s signature. Am I missing something?

Cheers

Gord Tulk
http://www.stephentaylor.ca Stephen Taylor

Last one on the last page
http://twitter.com/QRTnurse Janet Webb

So how does one explain altering a “legal” contract? Even in the simplest context, this is neither moral nor “ethical”. Perhaps some brave soul in the MSM might question this? I won’t hold my breath….
Anonymous

And, who in the class can tell us WHY the Liberals, NDP and the Bloc got together in late 2008 to challenge the minority government?

Anybody?
http://twitter.com/pulp45 pulp45

Ignat signed it twice! He didn’t PRINT, perhaps he can’t?
Liz J

There’s no doubt this Liberal circus includes a magician who can make things disappear, now you see it, oops, now you don’t.
Anonymous

Harper’s the sort of magician who hasn’t yet figured out that you actually have to pull the rabbit out and show it for the trick to work.