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Ottawa - The government's throne speech is a thinly veiled election platform full of promises that may never become reality, the Opposition charged Tuesday. Grant Hill, interim leader of the Conservative party, dubbed the speech Paul Martin's latest red book of promises and said Liberal promises are made to be broken. "Canadians remember his promises to scrap the GST, renegotiate NAFTA and to create an independent ethics counsellor." Shawinigan, Que. - There were no employees working and many smoke detectors lacked batteries during a suspicious fire at a hotel at the centre of a controversy involving former prime minister Jean Chretien, Quebec provincial police said Tuesday. "We are sure the fire was intentionally lit," said Const. Daniel Lamirande. "We believe it's a criminal fire." Ottawa - Robert Nault, the former Indian affairs minister known for an aggressive style rejected by the new prime minister, says he won't run in the next election. Nault becomes the latest loyalist of former prime minister Jean Chretien to choose private life over backbench obscurity in the new Paul Martin regime. Several former ministers, including Allan Rock, David Collenette, Herb Dhaliwal and Martin Cauchon, have announced similar plans.
