As expected, the Canadian House of Commons passed a no-confidence motion on Monday, triggering a new election in January. Canadian Press reports that current Canadian PM Paul Martin, after making the official call for a new election Tuesday morning, is expected to immediately hit the campaign trail. One of Martin’s first stops will be in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges riding in western Quebec, where he will officially introduce CSA President and first Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau as the Liberal candidate for that seat. Bloc Quebecois won the seat in the last election in 2004, and does not seem to worry about Garneau’s star power. BQ official Michel Gauthier told the Montreal Gazette that the citizens of Vaudreuil-Soulanges “would probably prefer to have an MP ‘with both feet on the ground.'”
