Posted on 04/30/2025 12:52:16 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government in Canada.
However, CBC News projects they will fall short of the majority they wanted.
Carney is set to remain prime minister, having only assumed the role in early March following Justin Trudeau's resignation
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
How can this be? In America it takes months for every vote to be counted.
Remember: Canada has a history of Provinces (Ottawa) having elections where the populace get to vote on secession. So, I don't believe they can easily prevent Alberta from doing what they have already permitted Quebec to do.
This fire is just going to grow and grow and grow.
Elections Canada website broke.
Dunno if it was a broken water pipe
Is Election Canada rigged??
In my experience, Canadians have a healthier sense of Federalism and, to a lesser extent, less of an attachment to the biggest unit and more of an attachment to the subsidiary unit, than Americans.
I think that the exercise with Alberta will strengthen this without leading to Alberta either joining the U.S. (which about 20% of Albertans want) or becoming an independent country (which I understand 40% of Albertans nominally support).
I do not see the west and Quebec as pulling the state apart, but rather allowing all of the provinces that aren’t ONtario to assume their rightful place and to remind Toronto that it isn’t the second coming of Rome, but the second coming of NEw York-—and that New York isn’t the Rome of the U.S.
(Apologies to The Worms)
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