Canadian Election
Canada is voting for a new parliament on Monday, May 2nd.
The CBC coverage is certainly more complete and serious than anything we get in US election coverage, which is generally heavily biased towards the “horse race” and what people are wearing.
When the Conservatives took a minority government win after the October 14th, 2008 I thought that two years would be their maximum time in power. I didn’t know about “proroguing Parliament” to put off an election.
It would be nice to see a big turn-out this time to settle the issue of what Canadians want from their government.
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You taught me a word, “proroguing.” I’ve never run across it before.
I suppose that in Japan, the past is prorogue? 😈
I hadn’t either, until Harper did it, and I had to look up what the hell they were talking about. It sounds a lot like a variation on the system that Charles I used that eventually resulted in the loss of his head. It changed my personal view of the British parliamentary system, and not for the better.
[That was truly bad, Steve.]