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halfbreed
11-28-2005, 05:13 PM
As per BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4480218.stm


Canada's government is thrown out

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's government has been ousted in a no-confidence vote.

Canada's three opposition parties united against his Liberal Party, which has been mired in a corruption scandal.

Mr Martin is expected to seek the dissolution of parliament on Tuesday, and a date for a general election - thought likely to be 16 or 23 January.

Recent polls suggest Mr Martin's Liberals will take most votes in the election - but will not win a majority.
Invisible Fan
11-28-2005, 05:58 PM
Now's the chance for the Governator to work his magic on another state.
tigermission1
11-28-2005, 06:21 PM
DELETE
tigermission1
11-28-2005, 06:22 PM
Mr Martin

Good, never been a big fan of his comedy.
insane man
11-28-2005, 06:36 PM
i love the parliamentary system.
MadMax
11-28-2005, 09:13 PM
paging Grizzled.
mc mark
11-29-2005, 05:10 AM
paging Grizzled.

no kidding

I'd love to hear his take on this. Or any other Canadians on the board.
real_egal
11-29-2005, 07:17 AM
no kidding

I'd love to hear his take on this. Or any other Canadians on the board.

Gosh, look what happens when I just temporarily leave the country :eek: It's quite a shock to me, to be honest; not the scandal, but rather the outcome. Liberals has so many flaws in Canada, but so far, they are still better than other parties, in my opinion. I voted for them, and voted for McGuinty as well, although he broke his promise on the second day. Canada is doing ok in economic, but there is lots of room to improve. I think it's a good thing, if they could form some coalition in the government.
tigermission1
11-29-2005, 08:57 AM
i love the parliamentary system.

You and me both. You should see how the British parliament grills Blair on regular basis, makes you long for seeing something approaching that here in the US.

The Israelis have a darn good system as well as Germany.