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...separatist-leaning Francophones in Quebec were siphoned off in illegal kickbacks to Liberal Party operatives. Opposition parties competed in expressions of high dudgeon. "This is a dark time for democracy in Canada," declared Jack Layton, leader of the left-wing New Democratic Party. The first postscandal attempt to unseat the government, in June 2004, left Martin's Liberals clinging to a shaky minority. Push came to shove in November, when Martin's 17-month-old government was shattered by a no-confidence vote. At the outset, most of Canada's chattering classes shared their PM's view that a grueling...
...tourists as well as television and the Internet?although the country's first traffic light, in the capital Thimpu, was deemed a step too far and the monarch had it removed. But for the first time, the King may not get his way: many Bhutanese seem unwilling to unseat him. "I look at all the problems the so-called democracies are facing and reckon I prefer the monarchy," said one young student at the meeting in Haa. Another told the state newspaper Kuensel that the idea of the King abdicating was "too painful to even conceive...
...expected to be a cold, long and brutish election campaign that could have far-reaching consequences for the country. Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, having personally been cleared in a recent scandal that tainted his party, will be up against Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who failed once before to unseat Martin and form a new government...
...order to win, Adkins must unseat one of the members of a council that has remained unchanged for the last two election cycles...
...Generally, it’s very difficult for a challenger to unseat an incumbent,” Robert Winters, creator of the Cambridge Civic Journal and de facto dean of the Cambridge political scene, writes in an e-mail. According to Winters, it has been three election cycles since an incumbent lost a seat...