Google says:
Lieberals 154
Conservatives 119
NDP 34
BQ 24
Green 2
Ind 3
Vacant 4
The vacants can't vote. One of the 154 is the speaker. If the NDP abstain 100% and all other opposition parties vote against, the government will lose 156-153. If the greens and independent's abstain, it will be a...
What is the current seat breakdown? Does TrueDope need the NDP to vote yes or just their absence from parliament for the vote good enough to pass the confidence vote?
They don't have to. The Throne Speech is a confidence vote and will be the first vote of the session. I don't think TrueDope will go. And proroguing parliament would probably shave another 5% off their vote.
I want to see Sask beat Winnipeg. I have never seen a fan base with more whiners than the Bombers. Anybody who sacks their QB are goons. Want the Argos to beat Ottawa. Make the 2nd place race interesting and put out any crossover talk now.
Harper kept his minorities in power with fewer seats by using whichever party would help him on any particular legislation. It is possible if the PM stops thinking himself as glorious emperor and works with any 1 of the parties. Will Emperer TrueDope do that?
Argos coach blew it. Punting with 2 minutes left down 3?
Ticats suck and always will suck. I hope they lose all their remaining games.
And Fuck the Blue Bombers too.
It's the backbone of Canadian politics. If we waited for a truly good guy to be available to oust the current leader, John A. MacDonald would still be our PM.
Isn't that how you work in the states too?
It seems that the number of conservative seats in Ontario is swinging wildlly week to week. I think in the end (and coming from Saskatchewan myself I know that kind of sucks) but this will be the key to the next election. Can PP hold Ontario or more correctly can TrueDope regain it?
Doesn't work well with minorities. That is what we have now (with 4 years). If you did that you would have to have some runoff system where one party always gets a clear majority. But that is not always what the people want so I think we should stick with what we have -- flawed as it is.