Headline Politics Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe, and NDP Leader Jack Layton discussed their letter to Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, discussing the upcoming Speech from the Throne and possible opposition amendments.Just 10 weeks removed from an election, the three leaders asked Clarkson to consult them if Paul Martin’s Liberal government lost a confidence vote. However, Harper, Duceppe, and Layton refused to use the word coalition to describe their cooperation.