October 2007 (after the Liberals abstain from voting on the throne speech):
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=1188ba21-bcbf-4d3a-b230-cdba58302ced NDP Leader Jack Layton accused the Liberals of being an “absent Opposition” and handing the Tories the gift of being able to operate as if they had a majority government.
“Nothing makes people more cynical about politics than when parties don’t do what they say, don’t stand up for what they believe,” Mr. Layton told reporters just hours before the vote.
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Too bad Jackie folds like a cheap lawnchair at the first sign of danger, abstaining from the confidence motion today.