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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.

One Cdn. sailor dies from submarine accident CTV.ca News Staff A Canadian sailor has died of injuries suffered during a fire on the HMCS Chicoutimi, a sombre House of Commons heard. Prime Minister Paul Martin said Lieut. Chris Saunders died after being airlifted from the submarine, adrift in the North Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Scotland. "We pay him homage and we make known our deep respect to his family," Martin said in the Commons. Saunders, a combat systems engineer, leaves behind his wife Gwen and two children. The news came as a shock, because reports initially indicate any of...

To those who were kind to give me the e-mail of the president thank you. As I said so many times as a Canadian I am outraged that Paul Martin won using anti-Americanism so here is my letter. I called my topic "Paul Martin should not be trusted" Dear Mr. President, I would like to offer my support and hope you will win your election. I would not be able to vote for you because I am a Canadian citizen. If I did I would give you my vote. For starters unlike my prime minister, I know that you would...

"Hired gun" Moore's "drive by hitman" mission takes nosedive by Judi McLeod, Editor Wednesday, July 7, 2004 http://www.canadafreepress.com/ Prime Minister Paul Martin’s former employers at Montreal-based Power Corp. brokered the release of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 for Canadian viewing days before the June 28 federal election. Forensic economist David Hawkins alleges that "Privy councilors and Carlyle group advisers, Paul Desmarais and Frank McKenna appear to have arranged the release of Fahrenheit 9/11 by Lion’s Gate during the last days of the election as a propaganda weapon to frighten Canadians away from the pro-American position of the new Canadian Conservative Party,"...

NEWS STORY Paul Martin facing internal revolt? Joan Bryden Canadian Press Saturday, July 10, 2004 1 | 2 | 3 | NEXT >> Paul Martin faces an automatic vote of confidence in his leadership at the party's first convention following the election. That convention is tentatively scheduled for fall of 2005. (CP/Fred Chartrand) ADVERTISEMENT OTTAWA Grumblings about Paul Martin's leadership were quelled by his election comeback but some Liberals warn the prime minister could yet face an internal revolt if he doesn't take immediate steps to reunite the fractured party. They say the first steps must include restoring some stalwarts...