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Bloc part of secret coalition plot in 2000 with Canadian Alliance

A document obtained by The Globe and Mail shows that the scheme would have propelled then Alliance leader Stockwell Day to power in the coalition. A lawyer who was described then as being close to Day, says he didn't discuss the matter with the MPs


Globe and Mail Update, DANIEL LEBLANC, December 3, 2008


OTTAWA — The separatist Bloc Québécois was part of secret plotting in 2000 to join a formal coalition with the two parties that now make up Stephen Harper's government, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.

The scheme, designed to propel current Conservative minister Stockwell Day to power, undermines the Harper government's line this week that it would never sign a deal like the current one between the Liberal Party, the NDP and the Bloc.

Bloc officials said that well-known Calgary lawyer Gerry Chipeur sent a written offer before the votes were counted on election day on Nov. 27, 2000.

According to prominent sovereigntist lawyer Eric Bédard, who received the proposal, Mr. Chipeur identified himself as being close to Mr. Day, the leader of the Canadian Alliance at the time.
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Stockwell Day In Coalition With Bloc?

Even as Stockwell Day today claimed in Question Period that he would "never" sign a pact with the Bloc Quebecois, details emerge this afternoon that as leader of the Canadian Alliance Mr. Day did exactly that.

Its pot-calling-kettle-black day in Ottawa.

Today in the House of Commons we witnessed both Harper and Day shouting at the Opposition over the prospect of losing government to a coalition, even as more evidence surfaced showing both Harper and Day as leaders of their party have themselves set the wheels in motion to do exactly what the opposition parties have agreed to do: form a coalition government.

Neither Day nor Harper bothered to consult with their caucus or members. Nor did former Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark, the third party in the 2000 agreement with the Bloc Quebecois.

See the attached scanned copy of the 2000 Canadian Alliance-Progressive Conservative-Bloc Quebecois coalition agreement.

Doubtless these historical revelations will play a role in the Governor General's decision.

http://mikewatkins.ca/2008/12/03/breaki ... with-bloc/