Posted AT 10:32 PM EDT on 30/08/07
Dion vows snap vote on Afghan deployment
ST. JOHN'S — The Liberals will force an early vote on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan this fall in a bid to set Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the defensive over the issue.
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said his party will use its first opposition day in the fall session to put forward a motion for Canada to notify its allies that it will withdraw from Kandahar in February, 2009.
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