Posted AT 8:50 AM EDT on 28/11/06
'Nation' motion passes, but costs Harper
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan to outmanoeuvre separatists with a motion to recognize the Québécois as a nation has cost the government a cabinet minister and exposed fractious divides within both the Liberals and Conservatives.
The vote Monday night passed by 266 votes to 16.
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