Cadman actually said that he very much appreciated that Martin formalized what day the confidence vote is going to happen, because it will allow him to plan ahead and make sure he's in Ottawa for that day; the sudden Conservative attempt to overthrow the government left him completely out of the process. Of course, he also said that fact would not be a determining factor in how he would vote. But it's an instance where what's fair to one MP is unfair to another.
With all the talk of how the liberals are taking advantage of cancer sufferers, I'm suprised that nobody has mentioned how the only reason the Conservatives and Bloc have a good chance of toppling the government is because of the unfortunate death (from cancer) of Lawrence O'Brien in the traditionally liberal seat of Labrador. If the Conservatives were showing true respect for cancer suffers, they wouldn't take advantage of the situation, and they would wait until after the May 24 byelection before trying to force a confidence vote. But of course, that would mean the government would need just two independents to support them to stay in power (as opposed to all 3). Extremely hypocritical of the Conservatives to be accusing the Liberals of taking advantage of cancer sufferers, when they are already taking advantage of a cancer death.
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