The Conservative government of Stephen Harper was defeated in a non-confidence vote related not to the budget, but on contempt of Parliament charges with all 308 members voting along party lines. Even Simcoe Grey's Helena Guergis voted with her former party.
The Prime Minister on Saturday morning around 9am will take a walk over, or should I say drive over as he did in 2008 to the residence of the GG, and say that he's lost the confidence of the house and requests that an election be called.
The latest Ekos poll had the Conservatives at 35%, the Liberals at 28%, the NDP at 14%, the Greens at 10% and the Bloc at 9%. I still think it's unfair for the Bloc who gets less of a percentage than the Greens ahd have such a big block of seats. Anyway that's our unfair, first past the post system.
So with the planes ready to go, the buses all clean and painted with the ugly pictures of the party leaders, we are now in election mode. I will bring you some of the highlights from the national campaign, and for more local news I encourage you to visit http://www.simcoegrey.blogspot.com/
Until next time!
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