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Originally Posted by opendoor
Do you think people who voted NDP, Bloc Quebecois, or Green (or Reform/Canadian Alliance in the '90s for that matter) were voting for a party they expected to take power or someone they thought could be Prime Minister? The answer is no. They voted for an MP or a party that represented their ideals or their wishes.
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Expected to take power or wanted to? Either way, they were voting for the party and not necessarily for the MP, which apparently flies in the face of the theory of our system.
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Originally Posted by opendoor
Much of the rhetoric being bandied about in the last few days bears little relevance to the Canadian political system. We live under a parliamentary system, not a republic, and if people don't understand that, then they need to learn. Our laws and political system are what they are and they've been that way since our country was founded almost 150 years ago.
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I agree with you, especially the bolded part. The theory on how things should work or how they were designed to work aren't true any more.