Ignatieff was just getting started when former Liberal MP Paul Zed, who now works for him, reached into the crowd to tap him on the elbow. That is univeral scrum language for "wind it up and get out of here". The staffer taping the scrum from behind his back nodded, instructed the cameras to clear a path, nodded again and then Ignatieff bolted. Ignatieff said there were positive elements in the budget but did not reveal which way he will vote and then got out of there.
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The Toronto Star's Mitch Potter, Bruce Campion-Smith and reporters from the Star's Ottawa bureau will be blogging on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Canada, February 19, 2009.
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