dendrast
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- Greybeard loon
On Monday. Who cares? Should you? Do you know any of the issues? Why should you care? Why should we care?
Sorry to bring it up.
Sorry to bring it up.
is everything okay?Sorry to bring it up.
is everything okay?Sorry to bring it up.
It's hard to see that this particular election is going to change very much, but I am watching to find out. Trudeau came into office on such a wave of high hopes, even internationally. But as with Obama, I always (correctly) supposed that the reality was going to be a bit more disappointing than the hype. There was also talk at that time of radically restructuring the electoral system as I recall. This idea appears to have vanished like dust upon the wind.
I heard on the radio today that Trudeau is almost obligated to quit as PM if he can't form a majority gov't, due to something he said at the last election.
From what you say that wouldn't be such a worry.
Is there anyone in the line of succession in his party who might be a more dynamic leader?
Well, the election is over and it turned out pretty much exactly the way that everyone expected it to. The Liberals are back in charge, only with a minority government this time instead of a majority.
That shouldn't be an issue for them, since there are a couple of other parties which get them to a majority that have absolutely no interest in collapsing the government and couldn't really improve on their situations in a new election, so it should be a fairly stable government that's exactly like the last one.
Trudeau has to represent the minority now, but fortunately for him, he's got just the outfit!
Conservatives had more votes (6.2 vs. 5.9 million) and yet ended up with fewer seats. I guess liberals think gerrymandering is no big deal as long as it supports their side.Well, the election is over and it turned out pretty much exactly the way that everyone expected it to. The Liberals are back in charge, only with a minority government this time instead of a majority.
It looks like NDP (the one with the guy in turban) would be enough to comfortably support Trudeau.That shouldn't be an issue for them, since there are a couple of other parties which get them to a majority that have absolutely no interest in collapsing the government and couldn't really improve on their situations in a new election, so it should be a fairly stable government that's exactly like the last one.
Conservatives had more votes (6.2 vs. 5.9 million) and yet ended up with fewer seats. I guess liberals think gerrymandering is no big deal as long as it supports their side.Well, the election is over and it turned out pretty much exactly the way that everyone expected it to. The Liberals are back in charge, only with a minority government this time instead of a majority.
Also, are the only solutions a single party winning a majority outright or a minority government the only options? Are coalition governments (where say NDP would get a few minister posts) unheard of in Canada?
It looks like NDP (the one with the guy in turban) would be enough to comfortably support Trudeau.That shouldn't be an issue for them, since there are a couple of other parties which get them to a majority that have absolutely no interest in collapsing the government and couldn't really improve on their situations in a new election, so it should be a fairly stable government that's exactly like the last one.