No Rush for Election

Stephane Dion isn't going to jump the gun. In slamming the Harper government as "secretive and ideological," he said the Liberals are preparing for an early election but would prefer time to work on their platform and raise a war chest.

"I plan to make sure that Canadians know the difference between the Conservative approach to champion their narrow ideological agenda that plays to their socially conservative base and our approach to economic prosperity, social justice and environmental sustainability,” Dion said.

"We have a government, as I said, that is so at odds with Canadians, so frustrated to not be able to implement its right-wing agenda, it may put us in an election at any time,” Dion said. “The Liberals and the other two parties have difficulties to agree with anything this government is proposing, so it’s a bit of a dysfunctional situation.”