Originally posted by LePaul
Thrawn
What, precisely, is going on up there? I'm not savvy with Canadien politics but read that the goverment has been dumped and everything is up for elections in about a month.
They had to get permission from the Queen of England to do so?
From the Governor General.
How's that work?
There was a vote of non-confidence in out House of Commons (like your House of Representivies). The governering party (Liberal Party), didn't have a majority of seats in the House so the opposition parties united against them. When the majority of the House doesn't have confidence that the governing party can no longer government they have a vote. If that vote of non-confidence passes than parliment is desolved. The Prime Minister than goes to the Queen's viceroy (the Governor General) and asks her to call an election.
The Governor General can tell the Prime Minister to go **** himself. But that happens rarely and makes people nervous when it does. We generally don't like our Governor General to use the discretionary powers they have.
Skilless,
"The fact of the matter is that the socialists are scared of an armed populace."
Perhaps, but this is a political manouver. The Conservative Party has been dictating this race, and the Liberal Party has been reacting. This has been a no-issue bull**** election, that would have probably ended up being a repeat of the last one. With the Liberals winning an minority government again.
Paul Martin and the Liberals, are trying to take back the initiative and polarize the electorate, by manufacturing an issue. They are gambling because they want to have a majority government. I'm hoping it will blow up in their faces.
