OTTAWA — Canada’s minority Conservative government, re-elected less than two months ago, could be toppled in the next few days if Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn’t make changes to an economic statement that has all three opposition parties up in arms.

Two of the three Canadian opposition parties are negotiating to form a coalition government, which the third has agreed to support, if the government is defeated in a confidence vote in the House of Commons on the government’s updated budget forecast, which the opposition parties said doesn’t address the financial crisis. The plan also would eliminate some subsidies to political parties.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will drop a plan to eliminate direct public subsidies for political parties, his spokesman said on Saturday, after the opposition threatened to topple his Conservative minority government.

“We’re removing that from the table,” said Kory Teneycke, chief spokesman for Harper, referring to the party financing proposal. He said the government would say more about the issue on Sunday.