“Sometimes I honestly wish we had a qusi-parliamentary system here.”
I think it’s a terrible system, myself. As a dual-citizen, I’ve participated in 20 years of voting in Canada. Voters don’t get to elect the PM. He/She is selected by the party at the party convention. And the Senate is a useless bunch, typically patronage appointments, again, not elected by the people.
The one part I do like is that a crappy gov’t can be tossed out with a no-confidence vote at any time, while in the US, we have to suffer with our mistakes for 4-years.
But I’m through with the Canada election process... I can’t vote any more because I’m no longer a resident. I could have fudged the absentee voting registration form, but that would lower my standards to ACORN levels.... Good luck tonight...GO Conservatives!
See, now? That's the problem with our side. We don't cheat. How the heck are we supposed to win?
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