Canadian snap elections avertedCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and opposition Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff  This page is currently protected from editing until (UTC) or until disputes have been resolved. struck a deal on Wednesday to avoid a fourth snap election A snap election is an election called earlier than scheduled. Generally it refers to an election called when no one expects it, usually to capitalize on a unique electoral opportunity or to decide a pressing issue. in five years, following two days of emergency talks.
The agreement came after mounting political tensions in the last days of the current parliamentary session This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. over the ruling Conservatives' economic recovery plan, and help for unemployed workers -- described by opposition parties as "inadequate." Ignatieff told reporters he and the prime minister agreed to defer unemployment aid reforms to an expert panel that would provide recommendations in September. The government would also update parliament at the start of the next session, after a summer break, on its continuing efforts to bolster Canada's sagging economy, he said. And if these measures are still deemed to be insufficient, he said, the Liberal Party would then withdraw its crucial support for the Conservatives in a no-confidence vote in late September. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , the Liberals would continue to prop up the government, he said. "I have done my best to prove that in a minority parliament, it is possible to break the log jam log jam Noun Chiefly US & Canad 1. a blockage caused by the crowding together of logs floating in a river 2. and find good solutions for Canadians," Ignatieff told reporters. He added he "didn't always get answers that fully satisfied me," but "we've found a way to hold this government accountable, and I feel that this is a good day for our country." On Monday, Ignatieff had rejected the Conservatives' economic recovery plan as "just not good enough" and threatened to withdraw support for measures aimed at stimulating a dour economy. The minority government's latest quarterly spending update provided too few details, he told reporters, demanding more specifics about the plans. Both the leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left New Democrats In Canada, "New Democrat" means a member of the New Democratic Party. In U.S. politics, the New Democrats are an organized faction within the Democratic Party that emerged in the 1980s and came to prominence after the 1988 presidential election. and separatist Bloc Quebecois had said they would side with the Liberals in submitting a vote of no confidence in the Conservatives. Harper, meanwhile, had urged opposition parties to be "responsible" in uncertain economic times by supporting the government or risk scuttling Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull. This can be achieved in several ways - valves or hatches can be opened to the sea, or holes may be ripped into the hull with brute force or with explosives. infrastructure projects underway or ready to go as part of a two-year 61.5-billion-dollar (56-billion US) stimulus promised to other major economies to help boost a global economy in recession. Without a compromise, the stalemate was expected to lead to a no-confidence vote on Friday, and Canada's fourth snap elections in five years in July. 
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