NDP leader Jack Layton recently said that the election is now in the hands of Conservative leader Stephen Harper, on whether or not they want to call an election. Layton, has said that an election is very likely as there is little hope that Harper will include spending plans in their upcoming budget, which both the NDP and the Bloc have demaded. They disapproval by the NDP and the Bloc should be enough for a loss of confidence vote to be possible. Harper in response, said that he does not particularily want to call an election as he wants to keep the government working on helping the economy and creating  jobs.

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