the ndp wanted no part of it. michael would gladly amend the document to get the documents released immediately. >> more informations about the afghan detainees. let the people judge. that is how works in canada, mr. harper. let the people of judge. >> was never necessary to make the affirmation public to parliamentarians, it is an important issue and we recognize that. >> some of the most contentious documents in his recent history of. to be in the hands of a bloc leader. any of them are a potential political land mine. >> thank you very much. the prime minister offered his take on the campaign so far after delivering a speech in montreal today. it is as about how his party is doing this time around. >> better than expected. but, we will see after the day of the election. we have a good candidate. >> he took that good-natured david stephen harper. when asked about the prospects of a conservative majority. >> most in the countries in the world do not have a majority government. >> is a the nub of the debates are o

the ndp wanted no part of it. he was quick to say he would gladly amend the agreement to get the documents released immediately. >> there's another report coming out with documents on the afghan dee they knees. it's available. let the people see it. let the people judge. that's how it works in canada, mr. harper. let the people judge. >> what is ever available, we're ready to do that. it's an important issue. we realize that. >> the release of the political documents in recent history appear to rest in the hands of leaders. in an election campaign, any one of those documents is a potential political land mind. peter? >> all right, greg, thanks very much. prime minister offered his take on the campaign so far after delivering a speech in montreal today. he was asked about how his party is doing this time around. >> better than expected, but, you know, we do it with the election, and you know, we have good candidates and the membership is better. >> he took a good natured dig at steven harper when asked about the pr

the tax rates we have today were set by liberal and ndp governments across the country to make sure we have competitive rates. if we raise the rates now, we will send a negative signal to investors. the foremost expert on this in the country says will cost 200,000 jobs at a time when we are creating jobs. it will cost $40 billion investments desmans are coming into the country. >> rather than a big corporate tax cut to the banks and oil companies put away in reserves and give it away in bonuses, we should follow the ndp plan. our plans to bid for $500 to any company that creates a new job. -- our plan is to give 45 $1 to any company that creates a new job. we should be helping the small businesses. that is what you used to be about. we would create jobs across this country right now. >> the 22nd response. >> we've cut rates for businesses big and small. the canadian chamber of commerce does not support the tax hikes of any of the parties. >> they supported our small business tax cuts. you better read the press releases. >> i did get e-mail from people asking about this. the growth rate

and tonight they're both in hamilton gunning for the ndp.ilton's all three seats are held by new democrats so it's not friendly turf for harper and there must be some liberals there because there were two chicken seats who could harper. >> why are you here today, sir? >> okay. thank you very much. [applause] >> inside, harper did not vary his regular pitch with lower taxes. >> and to keep our country moving forward, a strong, stable national majority conservative government. >> still harper's campaign keeps from tushence and not just from crying kids and turbulence. an ndr got in his rally and did a media as a rule during harper's speech. and for once the party did not shut out all about the party faithful. complaints about that also forced harper to finally apologize to voters who have been kicked out on suspicion of disloyalty. >> if anybody is kept out of our events that's there to hear our mental we obviously apologize to them. our interest is in having as many people out to hear our mental as we can. >> but his apology only came after h

they all ran as independents against the ndp candidates and they beat the ndp candidates across-the-board as independents and we're going to have our traditional leaders the people we have ties with. the people we care about. they know us and we'll vote for them. so i would expect -- by the way, in the parliament they all rejoined the ndp and that's how you ended up with 80% of the members of parliament being ndp is because all the independents and they wanted to be part of the power structure but that said, that base of support particularly in the rural areas of egypt still exist. so, therefore, that's a very strong stable factor within egyptian society and they're not muslim brothers. the muslim brothers as are the democratic movements are almost all centered not exclusively but heavily centered in urban areas in cairo, alexandria, suez and some of the other towns. why? because those areas where people have lost their traditional village and family identities. the traditional leaders in the village don't have the influence in the cities where they come from. that's a problem we face bec

they all ran as independents against the ndp candidates, and they beat the ndp candidates across theoard as independents. they replaced the ndp, so all of the sudden these people from the rural areas said, no, no, no, we're going to have a traditional leaders, the people we have ties with, the people we care about. they know us, and we're going to vote for them. i would expect -- by the way, when they got into parliament, they all rejoined the ndp and got 80% of the members being ndp because all the up dependents who were not muslim brothers joined the parliament as ndp because they didn't want to be out of the party and wanted to be a part of the power structure. that said, that base of support particularly in the rural areas of egypt still interests so therefore that is a very strong stable factor within egyptian society, and they are not muslim brothers. the muslim brothers for the democratic movements are almost all centered, not exclusively, but heavily centered in urban areas and some other towns. why? because those areas where people have lost their traditional village, family

they replaced the ndp. all these people said, we will have our traditional leaders, the people we care about. they know us and we will vote for them. i would expect -- when they got to parliament, the all rejoined the ndp. all the independents who were not muslim brothers joined the parliament. they really did not want to be out of the party. data base of support -- that the base of support still exists. therefore, that is a very strong stable factor within egyptian society. the muslim brothers are almost all centered in urban areas of. cairo, alexandria and some of the other towns. why? those areas where people have lost their traditional village in family identities. the traditional leaders in the village do not have the influence in the cities where they come from? that is a problem that we face because we do not know where these people are going to go and. those people on the outside were looking for ways to help the democratic people become more popular. 23% of the population of. within that 23%, you h

and ndp got into the rally into the media's pandering herber's speech.d for once, the party didn't shout all of the party faithful, complaints about that also forced carper to finally apologize to the voters have been kicked out on suspicion of disloyalty. >> if anybody is kept out of any of the event this year to hear the message we apologize to them. our interest is in having as many people out as we can. >> part can offer his hand was forced by the rcmp that they had been objecting people for political mom security reasons. michael is not dropping the matter to the estimate this isn't about apologies, this is about the whole attitude of this party and this government towards the citizens of the country. it's not just a problem about one student at western ontario. as connect he emphasized the contrast with his own event at hamilton, the town hall which was open to the public. >> we are going to take questions. that's how democracy works. that's how it works. [applause] tomorrows to live in ontario the conservative's plan to release the platform but th

harper and michael ignacio held events there, both going after voters who overwhelmingly supported the ndp in the last election. pampering "harper's" message though was the question of who would be led into here it? senior correspondent terry molesky was there to see how it all went down. terry. >> peter does not just that ontario has the most seats, just tempting seats, the want to want to switch back and forth in elections. stephen harper needs to get a majority, michael ake io needs to stop and then tonight they are both in hamilton gunning for the mbp. hamilton's three seats are held by new democrats, so it is not friendly turf for harper and there must be some liberals here because two guys showed up in chicken suits, mocking "harper's" refusal to debate ignagni zero one-on-one. >> why are you here, sir? thank you very much. inside harper did not vary his basic pitch a pledge of lower taxes with plenty of coalition bashing. >> to keep our country moving forward, a strong, stable national majority. >> still harper's campaign shows turbulence. for once the party did not shut out all of

they replaced the ndp. all these people said, we will have our traditional leaders, the people we care about. they know us and we will vote for them. i would expect -- when they got to parliament, the all rejoined the ndp. all the independents who were not muslim brothers joined the parliament. they really did not want to be out of the party. data base of support -- that the base of support still exists. therefore, that is a very strong stable factor within egyptian society. the muslim brothers are almost all centered in urban areas of. cairo, alexandria and some of the other towns. why? those areas where people have lost their traditional village in family identities. the traditional leaders in the village do not have the influence in the cities where they come from? that is a problem that we face because we do not know where these people are going to go and. those people on the outside were looking for ways to help the democratic people become more popular. 23% of the population of. within that 23%, you h

they replaced the ndp. all these people said, we will have our traditional leaders, the people we care about. they know us and we will vote for them. i would expect -- when they got to parliament, the all rejoined the ndp. all the independents who were not muslim brothers joined the parliament. they really did not want to be out of the party. data base of support -- that the base of support still exists. therefore, that is a very strong stable factor within egyptian society. the muslim brothers are almost all centered in urban areas of. cairo, alexandria and some of the other towns. why? those areas where people have lost their traditional village in family identities. the traditional leaders in the village do not have the influence in the cities where they come from? that is a problem that we face because we do not know where these people are going to go and. those people on the outside were looking for ways to help the democratic people become more popular. 23% of the population of. within that 23%, you h

there are nine players before the year 2001 the ndp two years in a row. the amazing thing is that they make up the nine positions. one was a catcher. three-way yankees. mickey mantle, right field was roger maris. i will go through it quickly. third base, philadelphia phillies. shortstop, chicago cubs second baseman, cincinnati red legs. the all this one, the philadelphia athletics. left-field, about atlanta braves. here is the hardest one, pitcher detroit tigers during world war ii when all the good pitchers were drafted. neuberger. my chief of staff knows baseball better than me. >> you will get it played on espn. we appreciate our friends from bank of america. thank you for joining us. senator schumer, thank you for an enjoyable conversation. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> president obama says there is no deal on federal spending. the president giving this statement a short time ago after an hour and 15 minutes in a congressional meeting with leaders. the funding to kee

. >> the ndp does not have much organization on the ground there. expect them to make this surge of interest in two more seats. >> layton actually spent his day in ontario, talking about getting more canadians connected. he plans to bring high-speed internet to every region of the country. michael ignatief held a round table with members of the arts community. he said a liberal government would be a supporter of arts and culture and he plans to double the canada council for the arts. -- the budget for the canada council for the arts. and much of the day in newfoundland before heading to nova scotia. >> with part of our election coverage we are doing interviews with each of the national party leaders. each was offered a choice. they could either have us follow them on the campaign trail for a while, do a traditional interview in the studio, or on the campaign trail. stephen harper chose the latter, and that is why we are here in newfoundland. the interview touched on similar themes as those in our interviews with michael ignatief and jack layton -- t

big corporate tax cut and giving it away in million dollar bonuses, what we should do is follow the ndpplan. $4,500 the's give company that creates a new job right now. let's reduce the small business tax rate from 11% to 9%. we should be helping the small businesses. that is what used to be all about, by the way. that way we would create jobs all across this country right now. >> we have cut rates for businesses big and small. that is why the canadian federation of independent didn't -- business does not support the tax breaks proposed by many of these parties. >> you better go read your press releases, mr. harper. >> this question is about canada on the world stage. mr. ignatieff, you get the first chance to respond to this. >> i would like to know, what is your vision for canada on the world stage? do you believe that our country should have a more prominent an active role internationally? if so, what will you, if elected prime minister, due to regain canada's positive influence in the international arena? >> go ahead, mr. ignatieff. >> canada lost its seat on the security council of

the you ndp is labeled yemen as one of the most water scarce countries in the world. lies in the san hellion belt which is experiencing climate change and changes in rainfall patterns. this is impacting yemen. many areas receive torrential downpours. others receive no rain at all, but overall rainfall amounts have declined. a number of undp funded studies have cast implied the our offer will run dry within 10-15 years at current rates of depletion. that is at current rates, not taking into account the ever-growing population. so they will be one of the first cities to have to be relocated. there is also heavy reliance on diesel fuel to run the pumps for the wells. this is heavily subsidized by the government. this is something that is point to be difficult to continue in the future to humans many economic problems. population growth, the population has tripled. roughly 24 million has a population growth rate of three and a half percent, which is the fastest in the region and one of the fastest and -- one of the highest in the world. one of the fastest growing capital