canuckian election
Hey Canadians! Did you know we might have to go vote in a federal election on December 20th? Yes, I agree, that would suck.
The good ol' CBC has the rundown of the events leading up to this current situation right over here. As it stands, if Paul Martin doesn't call an election soon, the opposition parties might bring down his government sometime this week. Jack Layton finally joined forces with the Bloc and the Conversatives when Paul Martin's health care offer was deemed not strong enough to stop the privatization of health care services.
The upshot: either (a) an election before Christmas, which is unlikely; (b) an election in February, right after the release of the second report into the sponsorship scandal, with official campaigning starting a week into the new year; or (c) Martin's initial promise of an election two months after the second report.
The good ol' CBC has the rundown of the events leading up to this current situation right over here. As it stands, if Paul Martin doesn't call an election soon, the opposition parties might bring down his government sometime this week. Jack Layton finally joined forces with the Bloc and the Conversatives when Paul Martin's health care offer was deemed not strong enough to stop the privatization of health care services.
The upshot: either (a) an election before Christmas, which is unlikely; (b) an election in February, right after the release of the second report into the sponsorship scandal, with official campaigning starting a week into the new year; or (c) Martin's initial promise of an election two months after the second report.
