Jack Layton is ready if Stephen Harper is willing.
NDP Leader Jack Layton is to hold a news conference Thursday to clarify the party’s position.
A key source said Layton will announce that he’s willing to support the government on a case-by-case basis if it backs NDP private members bills on issues such as extending EI benefits, measures to help seniors, and regulating credit card rates.
And Layton will even give Harper some wiggle room, stopping short of presenting a specific “shopping list.”
For the sake of argument, the NDP boasts of some of its private members’ bills here.