Countdown to confidence vote begins (CANADA: Buh-bye Liberals, Christmas comes early)

The Globe and Mail ^ | Monday, November 28, 2005 | TERRY WEBER

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The clock was ticking Monday on Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority Liberal government, with an early evening no-confidence vote likely to trigger the fall of the government after 17 months on power.

The vote – likely to be supported by all three opposition parties – is expected to go before the House of Commons shortly after 6:30 p.m. EST.

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I have waited for this for a long time. Long Ashes Lieutenants.

[Sometimes A River]

So who flipped?

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The NDP.

Our press is noticeably subdued.

[goldstategop]

I wouldn't count the Liberals out just yet. They could always buy another vote or two.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[camle]

spent three days last week in Quebec. with the exception of one grouch at a gas station, everybody we met was polite and nice as ever. even though we didn't speak french, the locals were most accomodating and very pleasant.

remember these are the folks who braved certain nastiness when they shielded our people in Iran whilst the embassy was held hostage.

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I think this time it is insurmountable. Every seat that the NDP gains because of this move will cost the Liberals.

[GAB-1955]

I was listening to the debate in Parliament on U.S. Thanksgiving day (they wanted me out of the kitchen at my in-laws' place). The Conservatives were really slamming the Liberals, and the Bloc Quebecois leader also hit them good. The theme of both parties is "They've misused the public monies and the trust given them, time to have a new government." However, this Conservative-Bloc Quebecois alliance is very unstable, and if the Conservatives don't get enough votes, then the Liberals and the NDP will form the next Government.

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ping

[FormerACLUmember]

"Like hey, so long to you hosehead Liberals and don't let the door hit your enormous big butts on the way out, eh?"

[Astronaut]

The Liberals and NDP will be running the show after the election. Quebec will vote Bloc. The west will vote Conservative. The unemployed fisherman in the Maritimes and the brainwashed masses in Ontario will vote Liberal, and that will give them another minority. They'll sell their souls to the NDP to make sure they stay in power. I feel sorry for Canada. They cant get rid of the corrupt scum because of the fractured voting blocs in the country.

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Except that this time the NDP is pulling the lynch-pin on the Liberals... It is conceivable, but I don't see the NDP propping up the Liberals after the next election, now that they've brought Martin down.

[RightCanuck]

That is an unfortunately accurate assessment.

[Reactionary]

Well, perhaps the long night of idiot Canadian liberalism is about to come to a close.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that for all of their promises, all of their brainy ideas, they never, ever deliver. As a matter of fact, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that every brainy liberal idea that promises utopia ends in corruption and crime.

[JudyinCanada]

Here's hoping....

Then just watch the liberal media start their massacre of anyone that even resembles a conservative.

[Sam Gamgee]

I agree with that we will never get rid of the socialists, but simply for the reason that Canadians are essentially liberals and leftists at heart.

[BigEdLB]

http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/parlvuen-ca/
Link to Canadian C-SPAN.

Right now a BQ^* guy is rambling about a Transportation bill.
^* All French no two-language. A Woman is dubbing him in English...

"What happens if there is a train wreck, and the Ambulance is caught in traffic?"
(NO KIDDING! - HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT)

[BigEdLB]

Now there is a bushy mustache guy speaking French, he is waving his hands alot...

[BigEdLB]

Liberal woman from Ontario announces retirement...
Now two more Frenchys speaking to the original Frenchy's point. The appearance of these two parliament members,...
looks like Telly Savalas and Nicolas Cage are doing a little moonlighting... Either that or it is a family member...

[BigEdLB]

They are voting as I type this

11:00 mins left

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January 23 2006: A Great Day in Canadian History. November 28 2005: The day that led to a Conservative Prime Minister and Government