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For anyone who wonders why the New Democrats and the Liberals never seem to want to talk about a merger, try spending a little time with them on Parliament Hill these past two weeks.

The recent allegations of personal misconduct levelled by two unnamed female NDP MPs against two of their Liberal counterparts has added another layer of frost to the long-standing animosity between the two parties.

Each camp is accusing the other of playing politics with the issue, and the cases themselves seem to have suddenly taken a back seat to the rivalry.

As frosty as it might have been before this, there is anger right now between the two parties, and thats new, said Rob Silver, a Liberal activist and Toronto consultant.

People are really, really upset between Liberals and New Democrats on how this has played out, which is a real shame.

After Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced Nov. 5 he was suspending MPs Massimo Pacetti and Scott Andrews from caucus, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair suggested Trudeau had revictimized the women by acting publicly.

The Liberals countered by saying they had no choice but to act. If they did nothing, the argument goes, the NDP might have later attacked them for it.

I dont think that the finger-pointing and the politicization of this harassment issue is helpful at all, and I think Canadians expect more from both parties from all parliamentarians to solve it, and solve it well, said Kathleen Monk, a former aide to NDP leader Jack Layton.

In a nutshell, the two parties dont like each other much.

And is it any wonder, considering the high stakes involved in the 2015 election campaign?

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Four candidates are seeking the Liberal nomination in Egmont. From left, Gilles Arsenault, Robert Morrissey, Tina Mundy and Robert Gallant.

This time around, Keith Milligan is looking forward to being an armchair observer.

Milligan, who spent a brief time as premier, ran against Gail Shea in Egmont in 2008. He lost by fewer than 100 votes.

The Tyne Valley native said Egmont, which was held by the Liberals for nearly three decades before being won by Shea in 2008, is ripe for the picking by the Liberals.

Four candidates are seeking the Liberal nomination, including Gilles Arsenault, Robert Gallant, Tina Mundy and Robert Morrissey.

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Justin Trudeaus own personal popularity is quite attractive to a lot of people right now, said Milligan, adding he will not publicly endorse any of the four candidates running for the nomination in Egmont.

Gail Shea has personal popularity. However, she is carrying Stephen Harper on her back and its certainly going to be a factor in the race.

This Saturday, hundreds of Liberals will pack into Hernewood Intermediate in Woodstock, near Mill River, to elect a new candidate in the riding. More than 2,100 card-carrying Liberals are eligible to vote.

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Four candidates are seeking the Liberal nomination in Egmont. From left, Gilles Arsenault, Robert Morrissey, Tina Mundy and Robert Gallant.

This time around, Keith Milligan is looking forward to being an armchair observer.

Milligan, who spent a brief time as premier, ran against Gail Shea in Egmont in 2008. He lost by fewer than 100 votes.

The Tyne Valley native said Egmont, which was held by the Liberals for nearly three decades before being won by Shea in 2008, is ripe for the picking by the Liberals.

Four candidates are seeking the Liberal nomination, including Gilles Arsenault, Robert Gallant, Tina Mundy and Robert Morrissey.

Justin Trudeaus own personal popularity is quite attractive to a lot of people right now, said Milligan, adding he will not publicly endorse any of the four candidates running for the nomination in Egmont.

Gail Shea has personal popularity. However, she is carrying Stephen Harper on her back and its certainly going to be a factor in the race.

This Saturday, hundreds of Liberals will pack into Hernewood Intermediate in Woodstock, near Mill River, to elect a new candidate in the riding. More than 2,100 card-carrying Liberals are eligible to vote.

Paula Biggar, co-chairwoman of the National Election Readiness Committee for P.E.I., said the Trudeau factor is bringing new faces into the party and new excitement amongst Liberals across the riding.

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Liberals want to make history in Egmont

It is "complete madness" for the Northern Territory government to sell its insurance company without legislation for the federal asset recycling scheme that it's relying on, a senator says.

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari says the NT is getting ahead of itself if it's basing its economic modelling on federal funds.

"There are no federal funds for this yet; the legislation has not passed, it does not look like it's going to pass," he told AAP on Friday.

"If they don't know how much federal funding they're even going to be eligible for, it's complete madness going down this path."

Senator Dastyari is Chair of the Senate Inquiry into the Privatisation of State and Territory Assets and New Infrastructure, and is seeking to hold hearings as soon as possible in the NT on the sale of the Territory Insurance Office.

The government is expected to make an announcement about the sale as early as this weekend, and if it goes ahead will push through legislation to allow the sale during next week's parliamentary sittings.

It says it will set up an infrastructure development fund to hold about half the revenue from the sale of TIO, which would be eligible for a 15 per cent bonus from the federal government's asset recycling scheme.

A Senate committee meeting next week will determine whether the inquiry will travel to the Northern Territory to hold hearings on the sale.

One of its terms of reference is to determine what safeguards would be necessary to ensure any privatisations were in the interests of the state or territory, the Commonwealth and the public.

"There is nothing at the moment to convince us that the sale of this is going to be in the interests of the NT, or more importantly for us, that federal government funds should be made available for doing this," Senator Dastyari said.

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