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Title: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: chineseblues on November 28, 2005, 08:51:45 PM 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. In parliament on Monday the opposition voted by 171-133 to bring down Mr Martin's government. It has only been in power for 17 months, but has failed to shake off a scandal dating from a previous Liberal administration. In the late 1990s C$100m ($85m; ?50m) of public money was paid by the Liberal government to advertising agencies, for little or no work in return. It has been alleged that Liberal officials demanded kickbacks for awarding the contracts. Mr Martin is not implicated in the scandal, but the opposition says he has lost all moral authority. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4480218.stm ----- All I can say is about damn time. Title: Re: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: AxlsMainMan on November 28, 2005, 11:51:55 PM Time to take out the trash... ;)
Title: Re: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: Axl_owns_dexter on November 29, 2005, 12:12:25 AM Liberal party, corruption....no....SLC will be crushed by this. :'(
Title: Re: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: SLCPUNK on November 29, 2005, 01:05:46 PM Liberal party, corruption....no....SLC will be crushed by this. :'( In Canada...nice stretch. You guys are so desperate. :hihi: Title: Re: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: Prometheus on November 29, 2005, 08:25:00 PM canada liberal..... lol in the US they be deported to canada...... lol.... and a conervative in canada.... welll that would eb SLC... lol
Title: Re: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: SLCPUNK on November 30, 2005, 12:39:31 AM canada liberal..... lol in the US they be deported to canada...... lol.... and a conervative in canada.... welll that would eb SLC... lol LOL, I was wondering when somebody would chime in and say something along those lines. Title: Re: Canada's government is thrown out Post by: Prometheus on November 30, 2005, 06:41:03 PM canada liberal..... lol in the US they be deported to canada...... lol.... and a conervative in canada.... welll that would eb SLC... lol LOL, I was wondering when somebody would chime in and say something along those lines. hahaha well might as well be me...... funny thing is as much of a liberal that i am.... im very conservative in canda |