bradm Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 According tohttp://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2008/07/23/6241136-cp.htmlLiberal Leader Stephane Dion says Canadians have more of an appetite for an election this fall than they did at this time last year.Dion says, Canadians didn’t want a federal election last fall, largely because they were already facing votes in several provinces.But he says he’s being told by people across the country this summer that they want to go to the polls.If people here on jambands.ca had the chance to talk to Dion, who would say that they wanted to go to the polls? (I'm not sure I would.)Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Needed: new Liberal representative to vote for. Dion gives me NO confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 No election please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 No appetite for a fall election here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 No election please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 by all accounts, we're having a byelection here in guelph in sept because our useless mp brenda chamberpot retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Needed: new Liberal representative to vote for. Dion gives me NO confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I recently learned that part of the 'parliamentary' system in England is that when elected the PM institutes his 'budget' -v- the USA in which the President has to have theirs passed by Congress. Which way does the sytem work in Canada. In the first case an election seems to take on a lot more significance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I believe that in England it is done as it is here - that is, a budget, being a monetary bill, is considered a confidence motion. It must pass the scrutiny of the house (roughly equivalent to Congress in that it is the elected legislature and not necessarily reflective of will of the leading party [things get tricky here to compare apples to apples, as you have a separation of powers where we do not, but the upshot being that those who vote on it are not all onside with the will of the 'big leader' - tricky again, as your president is head of state, whereas our prime minister is but the leader of the party with the most seats in the legislature and our head of state is absent in any meaningful way])Basically, a budget needs to be proposed, election or not. As the current governing Conservatives enjoy only a minority government, an election isn't particularly critical in terms of providing a stop or approval mechanism to that budget. Cumulatively, the other parties hold more seats in the house of commons than do the governing party, so a particularly egregious budget would be defeated - which would then trigger an election as it is considered evidence that the governing party has lost the confidence and support of the people. If the budget was acceptable to the other parties, at least to the degree that it garnered enough votes from opposition parties to pass, the machine would continue to churn along as usual until the time threshold of 4 years is met, at which time a general election is mandatory (so this is very similar to your system, the difference being that we could have an election any time between the previous election and the 4 year threshold, which is what we are groaning about here .. because the last one wasn't so very long ago at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 the conservatives have sent mailouts about carbon taxes in the past month...and with people voting with monetary needs in mind it's probably best to let it blow over a bit before an election comes to pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I didn't get one of those. Anyone receive a parry effort from the Libs in the mail? I'd suspect that in a pamphleteering war, going toe to toe, the Libs might have a solid chance of winning at least this one battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 we've been deluged with campaign literature and automated phone calls in guelph (Sept 8 byelection). i hate automated phone campaigning. our neighbour now has their conservative lawn sign. time for me to call the green office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I didn't get one of those. Anyone receive a parry effort from the Libs in the mail? I'd suspect that in a pamphleteering war, going toe to toe, the Libs might have a solid chance of winning at least this one battle.Conservative mail outs (both municipal and federal) have been coming about once a week now for about 5 or 6 weeks. Non from any other party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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