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Is Stephane Dion A Deadbeat?

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The latest:

Stéphane Dion misses new debt payment deadline — again

For the second time, Stéphane Dion has failed to comply with an Elections Canada deadline to pay back his six-figure campaign debt remaining from his 2006 Liberal leadership campaign. Stéphane Dion has violated his agent’s written promise to creditors to pay back approximately $230,000 by September 3, 2008 -  almost ten days ago.

“Stéphane Dion was supposed to pay off all his campaign debts on June 3, 2008,” noted Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton. “He failed and got a generous extension, under which he promised to pay off 1/3 of his debts by September 3, 2008. His agent even signed a written promise to the creditors to do so. But yesterday we learned that Dion failed – again. He has missed another deadline and this time he has broken a written commitment to his creditors.”

“If Stéphane Dion can’t keep his own written financial promises, why should Canadians trust him to manage Canada’s finances?” asked Poilievre.

“Stéphane Dion has mismanaged his own campaign finances. Canadians can’t afford a weak and risky Dion, in a time of global economic uncertainty.”

Nor can they afford his wacky plans.

Let’s see if Dion leads the Liberals to numbers below the NDP for the first time.

Pay up Steve.