Posted on 11/28/2005 4:06:03 PM PST by Heatseeker
The opposition parties banded together Monday to defeat the Liberal minority government and trigger an election that is expected to culminate in a mid-January vote.
The House passed an historic no-confidence motion exactly one year and five months after Canadian voters elected the Liberals.
Prime Minister Paul Martin will now have to go see Governor General Michaëlle Jean Tuesday morning and ask her to dissolve Parliament.
The Liberal defeat marks the first time a government has fallen on a straight motion of no-confidence in Parliament.
Other minority governments have been forced into elections after losing budget votes or censure motions interpreted as loss of confidence.
Last week, Opposition Leader Stephen Harper officially tabled the motion of no-confidence which read: "That this House has lost confidence in the government."
The Liberals have 133 seats, followed by the Conservatives with 98, the Bloc Quebecois with 53 and the NDP with 18. There are four seats held by Independents.
According to a poll conducted by Environics Research for the CBC, 35 per cent of decided voters said they would vote Liberal. The Conservatives came in at 30 per cent and the NDP were picked by 20 per cent.
With a margin of error +/- 2.5%, 19 times out of 20, the poll puts the Liberals and Conservatives at a virtual dead heat.
Federal elections have to be held on a Monday and the campaigns have to be at least 36 days long. Martin is expected to call for a slightly longer campaign, setting the vote for mid-January, either the 16th or the 23rd, with an agreement among the parties to take a holiday break and stop campaigning between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3.
An eight-week campaign would be the longest the country has seen in two decades.
The last time a government fell at the hands of the opposition was Joe Clark's Conservative government in 1979.
Monday's vote means a number of bills will die on the order paper, among them an act to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and an animal cruelty bill.
FWIW, there was a large contingent of Loyalists from Maryland who settled in New Brunswick and had a settlement named "New Maryland" if memory serves.
Not to presume on your knowledge of Sackville.
I first heard about Sackville from a friend of mine in the sixties.
He was from the area and they had a tradition called 'brooming', where they would go to Sackville in a pickup truck and a guy would stand in the back of the PU with a broom.
When they came across a black women hauling here groceries home from the local store they would hit her with the broom.
Here's the rub.
If they dropped the broom they had to go back and pick it up.
Invariabley the black woman would kick their ass into the middle of next week.
It was a racist sport but the odds of survival were slim.
Sounds rough. Though our 'Eastern Shore' had a lot of racial strife too - Google 'Cambridge riot' to see what I mean. :(
Not rough at all.
The Sackville blacks gave as good as they took.
Honest, hardworkers.
They made no apologies and they have always lived by their merits and gave up the slave mentality long ago.
Same with BC blacks. They were people of substance and character and didn't take sh** from anybody.
Much to be admired.
Same here. We're working on getting our Lt. Governor, Michael Steele, elected to the US Senate.
Re my post #25:
1) Anyone who says racism in Canada does not exist is uninformed.
2) Anyone who claims that blacks can't form self sustaining and profitable communties is also uninformed.
It all comes down to hard work and strong family values.
There is nothing black or white about that.
On a lighter note, just had a look at the New York Times article on the Canadian vote, and they located it in Toronto. Silly me, I thought the capitol had moved to Ottawa a while back.
Agreed x2. But don't forget the massholes.
43 posted on 11/28/2005 7:05:00 PM CST by beaver fever
If I'm right I will drink my own urine. (Gag, Cough)
44 posted on 11/28/2005 7:05:28 PM CST by beaver fever
Looks like you're drinking up either way. Kind of twisted isn't it?
I thought not.
See, UK, Canada, and Australia are all on the same one world government, globalist parade. They seem to have a far greater supply of uninformed, MISinformed and plain stupid sheeple which not only allow this but encourage the process! I think that they in truth have only one political party....the Liberals. There only remains a question of degree and the timing for worldwide progressive reform.
No disagreement from me re the fisheries. What's happened to the Grand Banks is an utter disgrace. Of course the Spanish are doing the same to European waters too.
The reason I used the word wrestle as opposed to snatch is that I trust that the Conservative party will no wait until the last minute to blow this opportunity. I have a feeling that they will do almost everything wrong leading up to the election. When I think of a snatch, I think of a last minute gaff that throws the election. I sure hope that I am wrong, and they are able to finally put Canada back on the proper track.
New poll:
Liberals 31%
Conservatives 31%
And there are only 56 days left.
The Liberals motto should be "Do as I say, not as I do".
Their long tenure has done damage to Canadian credibility and loyalty.
PM Martin has to run a negative campaign and it could backfire some.
Good Luck, Mr. Harper.
Boy, I'm seeing and hearing THAT headline a lot today.
Not.
How about that headline?
There's NOTHING on Yahoo's front page. It's way down on CNN's page under 'World' as 'Scandal brings down Canadian government'. At ABC, it's in 'More Top Headlines' as 'Canadian Government Falls'. How about other MSM outlets?
Hey, it's only the country on our northern border. No big deal. Move along, sheeple. Nothing to see here.
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