Thursday, May 31, 2007

UPDATE 1-Quebec avoids snap election as budget pact reached

(Reuters) - The Parti Quebecois said only three of its 36 members of
the Canadian province's Legislature would attend the midday
Friday vote on the budget to cast their ballots against it,
according to Radio-Canada, the French-language television
service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.




That would give the pro-Canadian unity Liberals, who have
48 members in the assembly, enough votes to carry the day on
the budget and avoid having to face a July 9 election in the
mainly French-speaking Canadian province of 7.5 million.


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