Canada's Conservative government may be heading towards a vote of no confidence based on the country's military presence (though NATO) in Afghanistan: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080205.wafghan-canada0205/BNStory/National/home. Given that all three opposition parties (the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois) oppose the mission and favour bringing the troops home as quickly as is possible, it is unlikely that the Conservatives would win that vote, and a defeat would mean that an election would have to be called.
There is an incredible irony to me, namely that the Liberals, who have been so vocal about opposing the NATO mission, were the ones who committed Canada to it and then sent troops to Afghanistan. I guess that Liberal leader Stephane Dion went to the John Kerry "I was for the war before I was against the war" school of political thought.............
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