Posted on 11/05/05
Proceed directly to a confidence vote
Paul Martin's Liberal government has lost the confidence of the House of Commons. The Liberals may dance on the head of a pin to deny that fact. They may, as constitutional experts say they can, argue that yesterday's procedural motion was not a vote of no-confidence. But the inescapable reality is that a majority of voting MPs in the Commons have served notice that they have no confidence in the sitting government and wish an election.
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