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The article describes the November 27, 2008 Canadian crisis in reaction to the government's fiscal update, which negatively impacted workers' rights and funding for political parties, leading the minority parties to fight back against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party. The members of Canada's Liberals and New Democratic Party formed a coalition against Harper. Parliament reconvenes on January 26, 2009.

The article reports that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper proposed a U.S.-Canadian pact on climate change after U.S. President-elect Barack Obama won the election. Critics claim that this measure is just Harper confirming that the U.S. will continue to buy petroleum products mined from Canada's Alberta tar sands. The article describes the environmental hazard created by the sands and questions whether Obama will agree with Harper's plan.