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Opposition parties topple Harper government
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Friday Mar. 25, 2011 2:18 PM ET
www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110325/non-confidence-vote-motion-friday-110325/
The Conservative government has been defeated by a Liberal non-confidence motion in the House of Commons, meaning Canadians will go to the polls for a federal election in early May.
In a historic move, all three of the opposition parties voted in favour of a Liberal motion focusing on a committee report that the Conservatives have acted in contempt of Parliament.
Following several weeks of partisan acrimony in the House, the vote passed 156 to 145, triggering the fifth election in just over a decade.
It's expected that Harper will now visit Gov. Gen David Johnston on Saturday at 9 a.m. to ask for the dissolution of Canada's 40th Parliament, citing his defeated government's loss of parliamentary confidence.
Earlier in the day, during a fiery debate in the House of Commons, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said the Conservatives were out of touch with the needs of Canadians.
Conservative House Leader John Baird fired back, accusing the Liberals of making a power grab through a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. It's expected that those attacks will frame each party's messaging in the upcoming campaign.
The non-confidence motion went to a vote at 2 p.m. following a 30 minute procedural delay.
On Wednesday, after all three parties rejected the Tories' federal budget, Ignatieff unveiled the motion that said Canadians had lost confidence in the government.
In the meantime, all of the parties have been working to get ready for a campaign, including preparations for campaign buses, candidate signs and drafting key messaging strategies.
On Friday morning, pollster Nik Nanos, of Nanos Research, said the main election themes for the parties had already begun to emerge.
Opposition parties topple Harper government
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Friday Mar. 25, 2011 2:18 PM ET
www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110325/non-confidence-vote-motion-friday-110325/
The Conservative government has been defeated by a Liberal non-confidence motion in the House of Commons, meaning Canadians will go to the polls for a federal election in early May.
In a historic move, all three of the opposition parties voted in favour of a Liberal motion focusing on a committee report that the Conservatives have acted in contempt of Parliament.
Following several weeks of partisan acrimony in the House, the vote passed 156 to 145, triggering the fifth election in just over a decade.
It's expected that Harper will now visit Gov. Gen David Johnston on Saturday at 9 a.m. to ask for the dissolution of Canada's 40th Parliament, citing his defeated government's loss of parliamentary confidence.
Earlier in the day, during a fiery debate in the House of Commons, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said the Conservatives were out of touch with the needs of Canadians.
Conservative House Leader John Baird fired back, accusing the Liberals of making a power grab through a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. It's expected that those attacks will frame each party's messaging in the upcoming campaign.
The non-confidence motion went to a vote at 2 p.m. following a 30 minute procedural delay.
On Wednesday, after all three parties rejected the Tories' federal budget, Ignatieff unveiled the motion that said Canadians had lost confidence in the government.
In the meantime, all of the parties have been working to get ready for a campaign, including preparations for campaign buses, candidate signs and drafting key messaging strategies.
On Friday morning, pollster Nik Nanos, of Nanos Research, said the main election themes for the parties had already begun to emerge.
"We know the Conservatives want to run on jobs and the economy, and it's pretty clear the opposition want to attack the government on trust and accountability," he told CTV.
"Right now the polling suggests that neither has the upper hand and we're going to have to wait for the next couple of weeks to see which way it tilts, whether it's going to be jobs or trust."
"We know the Conservatives want to run on jobs and the economy, and it's pretty clear the opposition want to attack the government on trust and accountability," he told CTV.
"Right now the polling suggests that neither has the upper hand and we're going to have to wait for the next couple of weeks to see which way it tilts, whether it's going to be jobs or trust."
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Friday Mar. 25, 2011 2:18 PM ET
www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110325/non-confidence-vote-motion-friday-110325/
The Conservative government has been defeated by a Liberal non-confidence motion in the House of Commons, meaning Canadians will go to the polls for a federal election in early May.
In a historic move, all three of the opposition parties voted in favour of a Liberal motion focusing on a committee report that the Conservatives have acted in contempt of Parliament.
Following several weeks of partisan acrimony in the House, the vote passed 156 to 145, triggering the fifth election in just over a decade.
It's expected that Harper will now visit Gov. Gen David Johnston on Saturday at 9 a.m. to ask for the dissolution of Canada's 40th Parliament, citing his defeated government's loss of parliamentary confidence.
Earlier in the day, during a fiery debate in the House of Commons, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said the Conservatives were out of touch with the needs of Canadians.
Conservative House Leader John Baird fired back, accusing the Liberals of making a power grab through a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. It's expected that those attacks will frame each party's messaging in the upcoming campaign.
The non-confidence motion went to a vote at 2 p.m. following a 30 minute procedural delay.
On Wednesday, after all three parties rejected the Tories' federal budget, Ignatieff unveiled the motion that said Canadians had lost confidence in the government.
In the meantime, all of the parties have been working to get ready for a campaign, including preparations for campaign buses, candidate signs and drafting key messaging strategies.
On Friday morning, pollster Nik Nanos, of Nanos Research, said the main election themes for the parties had already begun to emerge.
Opposition parties topple Harper government
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Friday Mar. 25, 2011 2:18 PM ET
www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110325/non-confidence-vote-motion-friday-110325/
The Conservative government has been defeated by a Liberal non-confidence motion in the House of Commons, meaning Canadians will go to the polls for a federal election in early May.
In a historic move, all three of the opposition parties voted in favour of a Liberal motion focusing on a committee report that the Conservatives have acted in contempt of Parliament.
Following several weeks of partisan acrimony in the House, the vote passed 156 to 145, triggering the fifth election in just over a decade.
It's expected that Harper will now visit Gov. Gen David Johnston on Saturday at 9 a.m. to ask for the dissolution of Canada's 40th Parliament, citing his defeated government's loss of parliamentary confidence.
Earlier in the day, during a fiery debate in the House of Commons, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said the Conservatives were out of touch with the needs of Canadians.
Conservative House Leader John Baird fired back, accusing the Liberals of making a power grab through a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. It's expected that those attacks will frame each party's messaging in the upcoming campaign.
The non-confidence motion went to a vote at 2 p.m. following a 30 minute procedural delay.
On Wednesday, after all three parties rejected the Tories' federal budget, Ignatieff unveiled the motion that said Canadians had lost confidence in the government.
In the meantime, all of the parties have been working to get ready for a campaign, including preparations for campaign buses, candidate signs and drafting key messaging strategies.
On Friday morning, pollster Nik Nanos, of Nanos Research, said the main election themes for the parties had already begun to emerge.
"We know the Conservatives want to run on jobs and the economy, and it's pretty clear the opposition want to attack the government on trust and accountability," he told CTV.
"Right now the polling suggests that neither has the upper hand and we're going to have to wait for the next couple of weeks to see which way it tilts, whether it's going to be jobs or trust."
"We know the Conservatives want to run on jobs and the economy, and it's pretty clear the opposition want to attack the government on trust and accountability," he told CTV.
"Right now the polling suggests that neither has the upper hand and we're going to have to wait for the next couple of weeks to see which way it tilts, whether it's going to be jobs or trust."