Three things about yesterday's LPCQ meeting in Quebec City that aren't exactly newsworthy but still interesting:

- Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff delivered a speech more than 30 minutes long and entirely in French without the use of teleprompters.

- Ignatieff was the most passionate and generated the most applause when he said his French isn't perfect but that's part of who he is.

- In reference to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's surprise musical performance at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Saturday night, Ignatieff said he envied Harper's piano-playing abilities but felt the prime minister carried a tune just as well as he does.

It seems (based on this very short clip) consistent with his earlier Facebook status update -- affable, good-humoured, and still loyal to the Liberal Party.

Outrage! Hedy Fry's mad as H-E-double-hockey-sticks that some items in the Hudson's Bay Co. clothing line for Canada's Olympians have a 'C' on them with a Maple Leaf, and, darnit, so does the Conservative Party's logo! In the Commons today, she accused the Conservatives of "trying to politicize" the Vancouver-Whistler Games.

Politicizing the Olympics. Imagine! ('cause that's never happened before, no siree...)

Gary Lunn, the minister for amateur sport, told the House the government was "not involved in any way, shape or form" with the HBC design.

Our colleagues at Radio-Canada have confirmed that the spirit of compromise is alive and well in the Liberal Party's Quebec nomination drama.

Nathalie Le Prohon was the star candidate Denis Coderre had picked to run for the Liberals in Outremont.

She got bounced when former cabinet minister Martin Cauchon decided after a long deliberation to try for a political comeback in his old seat — and raised a stink about his party not making space for him in the riding he once held.

Le Prohon has now confirmed she's interested in the nomination in another winnable Montreal-area seat — Jeanne Le Ber. She hesitated for several days, apparently out of concern for the conflict her candidacy could fuel in the aftermath of Coderre's resignation.

"Mr. Speaker, I rise in this House today to announce formally that the official opposition has lost confidence in the government. This is a serious step and we owe an explanation both to this House and to the Canadian people of our grounds for doing so.

“The Conservatives have given Canada a government whose only ambition is its own survival, and treats adversaries as enemies. They’ve set low standards for Canada, and failed to meet them.”

The Liberals posted an advance copy of his full speech on their website here.

Could it be a sign of a truce?

Denis Coderre, the recently resigned Quebec lieutenant to Michael Ignatieff, has posted a Facebook status update that could be viewed as an olive branch.

Or at very least, a sign someone from the Liberal leader's office has told him to start acting nice.

"For every action, there are consequences. I'm very clear about that. Mr. Coderre is very clear about that." — Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, ahead of today's no-confidence vote and his former Quebec lieutenant's scheduled weekend appearance on Radio-Canada's Tout Le Monde En Parle.

The NDP have new TV ads! Without even having to wait to see them on TV, I hereby offer you a sneak peek here.

Uh-oh, not another one.

Word came this afternoon that this Parliament will soon be faced with yet another confidence motion.

Let's be clear here: there is already one scheduled tomorrow. It is Liberal-sponsored and couldn't be more simple: "That this House has lost confidence in the government."

You've got to hand it to the federal Liberals, they sure know when to go to ground.

A squabble over Montreal's Outremont riding led to the angry resignation of Quebec lieutenant Denis Coderre. The negative fallout prompted party organizers to postpone a series of Ontario fundraisers.

The party postponed an Ottawa fundraiser scheduled for Tuesday, featuring Bob Rae as speaker. This allowed Ignatieff's erstwhile rival to duck the public eye.

The only group at the south-end Ottawa conference hall that rainy September evening was a convention of Avon salespersons.

It is a well-known fact every party must be ready for an election when there is a minority government.

But this email from NDP national party director Brad Lavigne just popped up in my in-box.

What to do when your Quebec lieutenant quits and questions about your leadership abound?

1) Do not publicly insult him. Say in a scrum he has done "great work."

2) Get MPs to keep their lips sealed.

3) Find a Quebec fundraising event in Laval that you were not supposed to attend, but that you are now able to attend. (See the fundraiser for Raymonde Folco at 5:30 p.m. tonight in Laval).

Just one of the many things said by Denis Coderre yesterday that angered some Liberals was the blame he hoisted on the "advisers from Toronto".

Coderre suggested it's hard to do Quebec politics from Toronto.

And yes, for the record, there are a lot of close advisers around Michael Ignatieff who do happen to be from Toronto: Ian Davey (chief of staff), Jill Fairbrother (director of communications) and Rocco Rossi (the national party director) to name but a few.

As it turns out those "Toronto advisers" didn't really care for such a comment.