Martin’s authority dissolves after vote

This has been coming up, and is not really a surprise, especially after Martin lost a trial vote last week, and the “adscam” scandel which got a lot of attention last summer after American blogger Captain Ed leaked closed testimony and let the cat out of the bag pm the Canuckian Liberal Party involvement in it.

A corruption scandal forced a parliamentary vote of no-confidence yesterday that toppled Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin’s minority government, triggering an unusual winter election campaign.

Canada’s three opposition parties, which control a majority in Parliament, voted against Mr. Martin’s government, saying his Liberal Party no longer has the moral authority to lead the nation. The loss means an election for all 308 seats in the lower House of Commons, likely Jan. 23. Mr. Martin and his Cabinet would continue to govern until then.

Can you say “schadenfreude”?