What in the hell is going on in Canada? I’m glad we don’t have a parlimentary system where a coalition of groups can join together and effectively overturn the will of the people following a recent election like in Canada. You talk about chaos! It’s like a bloodless coup.
Or you could live in CA like me where we passed Prop 8 [twice] ... and the state is still going to overturn it.
BTW, why did Canada never rebel and leave Britain?
It’s like a bloodless coup.
And what the hell do you think we just witnessed here in the US?
The opposition parties (LIEberals, Communist (NDP) and the Bloc-head secessionists in Quebec) overreached it appears, as the latest polls show that if an election were held today in Canada, that Harper and his conservatives would win with approximately 45+ percent of the vote which would give them a solid majority.
If the coup plotters try to topple the government again next month, I believe Harper will end up being PM for a very long time after the electorate speaks.
Canadians may tilt liberal, but they believe in fair play and they didn’t appreciate the attempted coup d’etat of this past week.
“What in the hell is going on in Canada? I’m glad we don’t have a parlimentary system where a coalition of groups can join together and effectively overturn the will of the people following a recent election like in Canada”
“Overturning the will of the people” is exactly the rationale the Senate democrats will use in 2009 when they employ “the nuclear option” to change the 60-vote filibuster rule, so that a “minority” of 42 Republicans won’t be able to thwart “the will of the people”....
- John
Er . . . I think we are at this place as well. Bailouts, earmarks, Immigration, two-Party duopoly, etc. all are examples of interests overriding the clear will of the majority of the people. Really no difference IMO.
That is what it’s like. It’s an awful system. We should have dumped it long long ago. I guess, however, that is easier said than done. I don’t like it at all. You have a much better system with lot of built in protections against this type of government. I figure it’s the most unstable form of Government there is.
I am so angry over this. I’d like to start shooting. Anyways, as usual, the Liberals are shooting themselves at the moment. Lots of infighting. The NDP are a little more cohesive but not palatible to the public and the Bloc are irrelevant imo. CO