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OTTAWA - DECEMBER 4: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at the Christmas Lights Across Canada Illumination Ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 4, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Harper, battling to stay in power, persuaded the country's acting head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, to suspend Parliament so he could avoid being ousted by opposition parties next week.
OTTAWA - DECEMBER 4: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2nd-L) and his daughter Rachel (2nd-R) presses a button to activate lights across the country during the Christmas Lights Across Canada Illumination Ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 4, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Harper, battling to stay in power, persuaded the country's acting head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, to suspend Parliament so he could avoid being ousted by opposition parties next week.
OTTAWA - DECEMBER 4: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves after speaking at the Christmas Lights Across Canada Illumination Ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 4, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Harper, battling to stay in power, persuaded the country's acting head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, to suspend Parliament so he could avoid being ousted by opposition parties next week.
OTTAWA - DECEMBER 4: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) arrives with his daughter Rachel prior to the Christmas Lights Across Canada Illumination Ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 4, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Harper, battling to stay in power, persuaded the country's acting head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, to suspend Parliament so he could avoid being ousted by opposition parties next week.
OTTAWA - DECEMBER 4: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and his daughter Rachel attend the Christmas Lights Across Canada Illumination Ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 4, 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Harper, battling to stay in power, persuaded the country's acting head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, to suspend Parliament so he could avoid being ousted by opposition parties next week.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives at Rideau Hall to speak with Governor General Michaelle Jean in Ottawa Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Harper has asked that Parliament be suspended until next month in an effort to delay a vote that could bring down his new government. A senior official in Harper's office did not say if the governor general had agreed to it.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives to deliver a statement in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa November 28, 2008. Canada's minority government teetered on the edge of collapse on Friday, just six weeks after its re-election, as opposition parties talked of forming a coalition to replace the ruling Conservatives.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives at the House of Commons on Parliament Hill to make a statement regarding the opposition's plan to form a coalition government, in Ottawa, Canada on Friday, Nov 28, 2008. Opposition parties said Friday they may seek to topple the Conservative government and form a ruling coalition because it isn't doing enough to rescue Canada from the impact of the global economic crisis.