A lot of countries get around this by 'run off' elections, if one candidate doesn't get at least 40 % of the popular vote. That I would really like to see.
I disagree. When we have a minority government we end up with a government responsive to what we want. A majority government, as some yanks here have noted, has the ability to be much more dictatorial. IMO we as individuals do better under minorities. The ones who complain the most about minority governments are the dedicated hacks who are determined to force ideological agendas down our throats.
If I was going to lobby for anything it would be no parties. Make everyone run as an independent like the constitution was written.
As much as I am aware of some of the pitfalls of party politics, I disagree. Politics is power. Having a powerless government is an oxymoron. 400 non-aligned individuals trying to manage a country would quickly devolve into an unending balkanized rabble. There would be no discipline. I don't think I want undisciplined power managing the country.
Rather an odd interpretation of what happened. Joe Clark was not ousted mid term, rather his government was defeated in a non confidence vote. Not the same thing. In fact it would be next to impossible to oust a sitting PM short of a criminal conviction or possibly a recall vote in his/her riding.
A non-confidence vote is a mid-term eviction by definition. I know there are no "terms" as such, apart from the five year constitutional limit on any parliament. Don't get too hung up on semantics. The Joe Clark government did not complete its mandate then call an election, which is the Canadian norm. It was kicked out of office.
Probably the first intelligent post you ever made. As many years of Lib majorities have proven.
I've said it often here. You are just such a purblind hater you can't read straight.
Yes Trudeau created a non confidence motion got enough votes and forced an election won and promptly enacted the legislation Clark was proposing . One of my awakening moments as to liberal hypocracy .
Spare us your tears. Are you thinking the Liberals are the only politicians to ever do that? Ours is an adversarial parliamentary system. That's how it works.
