Today parliament voted in agreement with a motion put on the order paper earlier this week:

March 23, 2011 - Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke--Lakeshore) - That the House agree with the finding of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs that the government is in contempt of Parliament, which is unprecedented in Canadian parliamentary history, and consequently, the House has lost confidence in the government.

This is the first time in parliamentary history - not just in Canada but across the entire Commonwealth of nations - that a government has been found to be guilty of contempt of parliament.