Tentative LIB-NDP deal reached

"[U]nder the proposed agreement, small and medium-sized businesses will keep their tax cuts but tax rates for large corporations would remain...details were still being discussed...'Families will pay less for their kids' education. Workers will get better training. We'll reduce pollution. Build affordable housing.'" But I still don't get why Martin would try this when he knows they wont have the numbers to pass the budget. Maybe he figures dividing the opposition is worth it, and he's willing to move more to the left to make that happen. And I still think it's a net loss for Layton, especially when he didn't win much of a concession.

Update: The deal would see the Liberals spend $4.6 billion in new investment over two years for the environment, affordable housing, foreign aid, and post-secondary education and training - the same amount of money Martin had previously committed to corporate tax cuts, starting in 2008. More details

Oh, and the Tories say they can't support an "NDP budget"