Canadian government likely to fall Friday; election expected May 2

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Source: CBC News

With the government unwilling to amend its budget, all three opposition leaders said they are prepared to defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government on a motion of non-confidence Friday.

... The Liberal motion that is scheduled for a vote Friday calls on MPs to agree with the findings of a committee report released Monday that found the Conservatives in contempt of Parliament for not supplying sufficient information on cost estimates for crime bills, the F-35 fighter jet procurement and corporate tax cuts and that as a result of that finding, the Commons has lost confidence in the government.

... If the government loses a vote of a non-confidence on Friday, the prime minister is prepared to head to Rideau Hall on Saturday to ask Gov. Gen. David Johnston to disolve Parliament and issue a writ of election, CBC News has learned. An election campaign would begin immediately, with a likely election date of Monday, May 2.

... When a campaign is launched, the opposition parties will be forced to answer questions on whether they would be willing to form a coalition, should an election return Harper to power with another minority government.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/03/23/pol-leaders-politics.html

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1. Aka: 5 years of Hell