clearing the way for a spring election
Canadian opposition parties Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois came together and toppled Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government in a no confidence vote Friday, triggering the country's fourth election in seven years,"
The final vote on the Liberal motion declaring the Commons had lost confidence in the government was 156 for and 145 against."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed reporters after the vote and said he would meet with the Governor General on Saturday "to inform him of the situation and to take the only course of action that remains," referring to the dissolution of Parliament and an immediate election campaign.
Ignatieff said that "A government that breaks the rules and conceals the facts from the Canadian people does not deserve to remain in office
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
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