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| Canadians Gearing Up for New Election |
| 2005-04-21 |
| Canadians may be dreading another election so soon after last year's vote but with the government effectively shut down by a corruption scandal in the prime minister's party, they will likely go to the polls again in June. The opposition Conservatives are set to call a no-confidence vote within weeks, intent on toppling Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government by seizing on public disgust over his Liberal Party's corruption scandal. A successful motion in the House of Commons would dissolve the government and give candidates 36 days to campaign. Martin stunned political observers by announcing late Wednesday that he would address Canadians in a nationally televised broadcast on Thursday regarding the corruption scandal and the paralysis in Parliament. Though Martin had hoped to delay new elections until he sealed some key legislation, such as legalizing gay marriage and establishing a national child-care program, debate in the House has become so rancorous and reckless in recent days that the government has ground to a virtual halt. "They see the writing on the wall. We are going to have an election, that's why they're running around like chickens without heads in Ottawa," said Nelson Wiseman, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. "With Gomery having been so explosive, of course the Conservatives are smelling blood." John Gomery is the federal judge overseeing an inquiry in Montreal about allegations of kickbacks and money laundering by the Liberals under Martin's predecessor, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Wiseman said the motion to sink the government likely would be introduced May 19, triggering an election for June 27. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Heh! Time to break out the ol' banana ears and tune them to the hilarity north of the border! Nevermind that the only local broadcast station in town is Canadian owned and broadcasts weather in degrees-C, the best coverage of the circus is on CTV. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2005-04-21 9:06:54 PM |
| #1 Cool. Let's get some focus on Maurice Strong and the web of connections among Oil for Fraud, Canada's Power Corp, France's Total and Kofi's shreddin' scamsters. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-21 6:00:34 PM |