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Montreal, Quebec, Canada (AHN) – More political careers in Canada are being placed on the chopping block in response to residents’ disenchantment with public officials.

Just a few weeks after British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell resigned over the unpopular harmonized sales tax imposed in July, another premier is the target of an ouster move. The latest target is Quebec Premier Jean Charest over corruption in the construction industry.

The online petition has garnered more than 36,000 signatures as of Monday evening. The rash of support for the ouster petition caused the website hosting the petition to almost crash. Reports said the portal froze several times, an indicator of very high hits.

There are 40 new signatories added every minute. The petition will be open for additional signatures for three more months. Legislator Amir Khadir of the Quebec Solidaire Party, who initiated the petition, said there is no target how many signatures the petition would generate, but the lawmaker said he would be satisfied it there would be at least 50,000 or 100,000 names.

Quebec’s Union of Municipalities also joined the growing clamor for a public inquiry into the corruption charge, which Charest has rejected.

Political observers said the groundswell of support reflect how dissatisfied Quebec residents are with Charest’s governance. Charest’s intransigent stand led Action Democratique du Quebec leader Gerard Deltell to call the premier the “godfather” of the Liberal party.

Charest resented the link to a Mafia-like organization, which coincided with the recent assassination and burial of Montreal immigrant Nicolo Rizzuto, who is considered the last godfather in the Canadian province.

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