Last Updated Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:02:01 EST
CBC News
The federal Liberals are likely to be told within the next hour that they have lost the confidence of Parliament, and can no longer govern.
Bells are scheduled to start ringing at 6:30 p.m. ET to call MPs to the House of Commons to vote on a no-confidence motion. The vote is scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m.
Stephen Harper and Paul Martin. (CP file Photo)
The three opposition parties are expected to put up a united front, easily bringing down the minority Liberal government.
Prime Minister Paul Martin would then have to go see Governor General Michaëlle Jean Tuesday morning and ask her to dissolve Parliament.
Federal elections have to be held on a Monday and the campaigns have to be at least 36 days long. Martin is expected to call for a slightly longer campaign, setting the vote for mid-January, either the 16th or the 23rd, with a break over the holidays.
"We don't want to have a Christmas election," said Martin in Vancouver on Sunday. "We wanted one in March, but if they defeat us on Monday, then we'll have an election."
The last time a government fell at the hands of the opposition was Joe Clark's government in 1979.
If Monday's vote goes according to script, a number of bills will die on the order paper, among them an act to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and an animal cruelty bill.
* FROM NOV. 16, 2005: No-confidence vote expected next week
High profile candidates made announcements in Toronto on Monday.
Michael Ignatieff was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for Etobicoke-Lakeshore, while Olivia Chow said she would leave Toronto city council to make a third run on the NDP ticket for the Trinity-Spadina seat.
CBC News
The federal Liberals are likely to be told within the next hour that they have lost the confidence of Parliament, and can no longer govern.
Bells are scheduled to start ringing at 6:30 p.m. ET to call MPs to the House of Commons to vote on a no-confidence motion. The vote is scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m.
Stephen Harper and Paul Martin. (CP file Photo)
The three opposition parties are expected to put up a united front, easily bringing down the minority Liberal government.
Prime Minister Paul Martin would then have to go see Governor General Michaëlle Jean Tuesday morning and ask her to dissolve Parliament.
Federal elections have to be held on a Monday and the campaigns have to be at least 36 days long. Martin is expected to call for a slightly longer campaign, setting the vote for mid-January, either the 16th or the 23rd, with a break over the holidays.
"We don't want to have a Christmas election," said Martin in Vancouver on Sunday. "We wanted one in March, but if they defeat us on Monday, then we'll have an election."
The last time a government fell at the hands of the opposition was Joe Clark's government in 1979.
If Monday's vote goes according to script, a number of bills will die on the order paper, among them an act to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and an animal cruelty bill.
* FROM NOV. 16, 2005: No-confidence vote expected next week
High profile candidates made announcements in Toronto on Monday.
Michael Ignatieff was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for Etobicoke-Lakeshore, while Olivia Chow said she would leave Toronto city council to make a third run on the NDP ticket for the Trinity-Spadina seat.
