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With the vote held at roughly 6:50 pm EST, the Canadian House of Commons has passed the motion that the House has lost confidence in the government. The vote was 171 for, 133 against. Tomorrow morning Prime Minister Paul Martin will go to the Governor General and ask that Parliament be dissolved.

The vote was interesting to listen to. First the members voting for the motion stood up and their names were read. Members not standing for re-election received large cheers, as did the leaders of the three opposition parties. Then the members voting against the motion stood and had their names read, and the cheers continued.

One interesting thing that I discovered is that video and audio coverage of proceedings in the House of Commons is available through ParlVU. The high-res video is a little congested, stopping to buffer every 30 seconds or so, and you can hardly see anything with the low-res, but at least they make it available.