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Kilgour will add his boot Ex-Liberal Independent MP will help vote Grits out on Monday By DOUG BEAZLEY, EDMONTON SUN November 25, 2005 It'll be the last act of David Kilgour's long and rocky life in Canadian politics: voting with the Opposition to kick his former Liberal colleagues out of office. "This government has behaved atrociously for the last several months. It really had forfeited all right to the confidence of the Canadian people," the Mill Woods-Beaumont independent MP and 26-year veteran of federal politics told the Sun yesterday. "After all is said and done, it's up to the...

CP via canoe.ca May 19, 2005 Kilgour to oppose government OTTAWA (CP) - Independent MP David Kilgour says he will oppose the government in a key confidence vote that could bring down the minority Liberals. Kilgour says that while he will support the government on a bill implementing the federal budget, he'll vote against a second bill that would add $4.6 billion in spending to the budget. Both votes are considered confidence motions that will decide the fate of the government. The vote margin is expected to be razor-thin. In order to survive, the Liberals now need the support of...