Originally published December 27 2005
Corruption forces Canadian government into early election
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Reporting for The World Today, Richard Reynolds discusses the recent political scandal that has rocked Canada's liberal government and provoked a vigorous Christmas-time election campaign.
In rowdy scenes in the Canadian Parliament this lunchtime, Canada's minority Liberal Government has lost a no-confidence motion against it and the country has now been plunged into a Christmas election campaign.
Prime Minister Paul Martin's Government had been dogged for months by a corruption scandal involving the misuse of millions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded advertising contracts.
RICHARD REYNOLDS: Canada's Liberal Party won the last election 18 months ago, but with only a minority of Parliamentary seats.
Mr Martin has been beset by scandal over a flawed Government advertising program; the Opposition is trying to capitalize on a report on the scandal released earlier this month.
In June you'd have to worry about the Barbecue, putting the beer down to go vote.
RICHARD REYNOLDS: Barring a weather disaster, polls published in the past week indicate the next Parliament will look a lot like the current one: another Liberal Party minority Government.
NELSON WISEMAN: We're probably heading in the longer term, toward Coalition Governments, which we haven't had in Canada except for a brief exception during the First World War, so I suspect we're moving more in the western European or European direction.
RICHARD REYNOLDS: Just last week, Mr Martin was furious over an accusation by Mr Harper that the Liberals were connected to organized crime.
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