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OTTAWA — A summer election has been averted.
Sources say Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff have finalized the details of an agreement that will preserve the Conservatives' minority government -- for now.
Under the deal, the parties will each pick two members of a blue-ribbon panel to recommend changes to employment insurance, including coverage for self-employed workers and lower eligibility thresholds.
There will also be more opposition days for the Liberals, which will give them more chances to force a federal election in the fall.
Harper and Ignatieff talked by phone this morning -- the third time they've spoken in less than 24 hours.
The Liberals were threatening to bring the eight-month-old government down in a confidence vote on supplementary budget estimates scheduled for Friday.
CP24- Harper, Ignatieff reach deal to avert summer election - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Sources say Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff have finalized the details of an agreement that will preserve the Conservatives' minority government -- for now.
Under the deal, the parties will each pick two members of a blue-ribbon panel to recommend changes to employment insurance, including coverage for self-employed workers and lower eligibility thresholds.
There will also be more opposition days for the Liberals, which will give them more chances to force a federal election in the fall.
Harper and Ignatieff talked by phone this morning -- the third time they've spoken in less than 24 hours.
The Liberals were threatening to bring the eight-month-old government down in a confidence vote on supplementary budget estimates scheduled for Friday.
CP24- Harper, Ignatieff reach deal to avert summer election - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television