I know that this is the nature of minority governments, but I really don't feel like returning to the polls just yet. However I didn't think the sponsorship scandal would turn into such a mess. I don't even know who I would vote for...
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...lec050413.html
Martin warns of early election
Last Updated Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:29:59 EDT
CBC News
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin suggested political opportunism will trigger an early election, but he said such a vote should be delayed at least until the Gomery commission has reported.
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Paul Martin in Ottawa on Wednesday.
Martin raised the possibility a Conservative-separatist alliance could topple his minority Liberal government and force an election.
"Obviously if Stephen Harper and the Bloc Québécois are going to come together to force an election, then there's going to be an election," said Martin Wednesday, after a Liberal caucus meeting.
Martin said that recent revelations from the inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal have hurt him and his party, but he suggested Canadians need to hear the conclusions reached by Justice John Gomery, the inquiry's commissioner, before an election is called.
On Tuesday, Harper said he might not wait for Gomery's report, which will probably not be delivered until at least the fall, before his party votes to bring down Martin's minority government.
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But Martin said defending the integrity of the political process "matters a great deal more than the ambitions of any political leader – Stephen Harper, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton or myself."
Conservative, New Democrat and Bloc Québécois MPs have been stepping up plans for a spring election as polls show the Liberals' support plummeting.
Some recent polls have shown the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals.
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