Posted AT 6:47 PM EDT on 09/11/05
Layton proposes February election
NDP Leader Jack Layton has proposed a federal election call for early January that would result in a vote within weeks of the release of the second Gomery report due back on Feb. 1.
He called the move a "common-sense solution" that would allow Canadians to avoid a Christmas election but doesn't let the Liberal government decide the timing of the ballot.
"Nobody wants a holiday election," he said. "I don't want one.
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