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Monday’s election, but easily won the largest share of seats and
will now try to lead the country's first minority government in
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OTTAWA — Relieved to still be prime minister, but chastei
his Liberal Party’s heavy election losses, Paul Martin saidTi
he would move quickly to replace defeated Cabinet members
then assess whether his minority government can tackle theta
issues on Canada’s national agenda.
“What we have is a stable minority government,’’ Martinsai
his first news conference following Monday’s election. ‘Tdobelej
we have a mandate from the people to act on the issues wesei
The Liberals won 135 of the 308 seats in the House of Comi
a net loss of 33 seats, to lose their majority for the first time;
1993. To pass legislation, the Liberals will need support from si
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Liberals in power, won 99 seats. The separatist Bloc Quebecoisw Ins ’ ‘
54, gaining at the Liberals’ expense in Quebec, while the lefl-^T 0 * 165 c
New Democratic Party won 19 and an independent won a seal®
British Columbia. —
Turnout was an all-time low of 60 percent — a signal, accordin®
commentators, that many voters were unenthusiastic about their cte
Andrew Cohen, a journalism professor at Carleton Universi
wrote in the Ottawa Citizen that the election was “shallow, cyni
and mean-spirited.” He faulted Martin for “failing to offer theci
try imagination or inspiration.”
The most clear-cut winner was the Bloc Quebecois, win
entered the election holding 33 of Quebec’s 75 seats. The
gains fueled talk of holding a vote in Quebec on whether the Fret:
speaking province should secede.
However, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe said the first step woul
for separatists to take over the Quebec government from
Liberals, who do not need to call a provincial election until 2d
“Step-by-step we’ll see what happens,” Duceppe said Tuesday.
Martin said the Liberals’ setback in Quebec stemmed lari
from a recently revealed financial scandal involving diversion^
tens of millions of dollars in government funds to Liberal-alij
advertising firms in Quebec.
However, the prime minister said he expected the
Quebecois — and the New Democrats — to work with him
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First on his agenda, though, is replacement of five defee®
Cabinet members — including Defense Minister David Pratt, e , (rn
Defense policy could become a contentious issue for the mi® . ‘ ,
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The New Democrats’ leader, Jack Layton, said he would pf‘; Heller s
Martin to stay out of any discussions with the United States oiP 1 * 16 ' nte
possible Canadian role in a new continental missile defense systt° r °f the ^
“Mr. Martin made promises — keeping health care public. :ei dng Ol
being involved in ’Star Wars,”’ Layton said. “We intend to hold A entrep
to those promises.” Btivated
Layton said all the parties should try to put partisan feudil^ctronics
aside, at least for the short term.
“No party received a blank check,” he said. “We must pul
common good ahead of our own.”
Harper, the only leader who had a chance of replacing Marlii
prime minister, said he would take time off with his family M;
re-engaging in the political arena. Though the Conservatives
to achieve their needed breakthrough in Ontario, the most popid
province, he said his party did well enough “that the Liberals' 1
obviously now have to listen.” ' ; |^L
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tion-rights activists who had been wary of a Conservative vid® he Yoi
Bob Gallagher of Canadians for Equal Marriage said the 8jr ar 111 ^
Quebecois and New Democrats now had enough influence top f |hS ineers v
tor nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage. J younger
“The Liberals were trying to hide from this issue,” GalluSmplisjiiT
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