Well, looks like we're getting an election

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My understanding is that the election following the non-confidence vote that felled the Harper government is likely to produce yet another Harper minority government, so whether it will change anything is unclear. WeÂll see as polling data starts to emergeÂ

Âhowever, a commenter notes that 308 is projecting a Conservative majority. IÂll believe the Tories getting 46 57 seats in Ontario when I see itÂ

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Harper (a Conservative, head of a minority coalition government) was hit with Canada's first Contempt of Parliament vote, thus lost a confidence vote, and the Conservatives may win an outright majority? It's things like that that make me think that while Parliamentary systems have some advantages over the US system, they're not overwhelmingly better.

Apparently the election will be May 2. Fingers crossed, Jake.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #340,768 by jake123 3/23/11 9:17:36 AM Reply	Well, looks like we're getting an election There are some contempt of parliament motions on the way, and all three opposition parties have just declared they won't be supporting the budget, which is a confidence motion. The government is almost certainly going to fall by the end of the week.
Post #340,902 by Another Scott 3/26/11 10:21:54 AM Reply	Meet the new boss - same as the old boss? http://www.lawyersgu...ection-blogging-2 My understanding is that the election following the non-confidence vote that felled the Harper government is likely to produce yet another Harper minority government, so whether it will change anything is unclear. WeÂll see as polling data starts to emergeÂ Âhowever, a commenter notes that 308 is projecting a Conservative majority. IÂll believe the Tories getting 46 57 seats in Ontario when I see itÂ http://shortformblog...olitics-explained Harper (a Conservative, head of a minority coalition government) was hit with Canada's first Contempt of Parliament vote, thus lost a confidence vote, and the Conservatives may win an outright majority? It's things like that that make me think that while Parliamentary systems have some advantages over the US system, they're not overwhelmingly better. Apparently the election will be May 2. Fingers crossed, Jake. Cheers, Scott.
Post #340,982 by jake123 3/28/11 5:18:13 PM Reply	Yeah... The Harper Government(tm) getting a majority is pretty much the worst case scenario. About the only upside is that after five years of letting them run rampant, it should cool the Canadian people to them for another generation.

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