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Canadian PM Widens Probe of NAFTA Leak

Posted Mar 7, 08 9:26 AM CST in US,  Politics,  World 

(Newser) – Amid cross-party outcry, the prime minister of Canada says he'll expand an investigation into the NAFTA leak that may have contributed to Barack Obama's loss in Ohio, reports the Globe and Mail. The opposition is calling for the head of Ian Brodie, PM Stephen Harper's chief of staff, who is reported to have leaked the memo that said Obama's campaign against the trade agreement was only "political positioning."

Jack Layton, the head of Canada's New Democratic Party, demanded that the PM apologize to "the American people and Senator Obama," and last night he appeared on CNN to reiterate his call for Brodie's sacking. In recent days, the Canadian press has reported that Hillary Clinton's campaign, as well as Obama's, tried to tip off Ottawa that its NAFTA posturing was unserious—a charge the campaign has denied.

Source Globe and Mail

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 6, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)   (Associated Press)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Ian Brodie, watches from the back of the room during a photo op before the government caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday, March 5, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. The opposition is calling for the firing of Harper's chief of staff, who is alleged to have leaked the memo...   (Associated Press)
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Debate in the Canadian House of Commons, March 6, 2008. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced in Commons that he would expand his office's investigation into the NAFTA leak.   (bruyerey (YouTube))

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