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Originally Posted by Frequitude
Conversely, if its just another Conservative majority, can the CPC not just say "look the Canadian people don't think we did anything wrong and that's what matters"?
There's a big gap between doing nothing and heading to the polls. Perhaps its wiser to go the media route and chip away for a bit instead of conducting closed door contempt discussions then running to the polls. It seems they've jumped the gun. Build some political capital for a while until heading to the polls might actually do something.
It just doesn't make sense.
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Well if the voters give him a majority then yes that is what matters. People get to have a say every so often, and when you have a minority you don't control when that is, necessarily. Its not a waste of time, or anything like that though. This is the basis of the system. Whether the CPC likes it or not (they love it, and have been hoping for this for at least a year!), is irrelevant. The house lost confidence and the penalty for that is that as a politician you have to go out and work for your job.
The one thing I find funny though is that half of the people complaining about the election as unnecessary are the same people who would like more referendums to give their voice.
Its a moot point anyway though. The CPC would have to do something catastrophic to lose your vote, so basically no matter why the Liberals, NDP and BQ bring down that government you will pretty much always think its a waste of time, right?
EDIT: Just wanted to add here that I'm not trying to accuse you of hyper-partisanship or anything. My point is just that if you generally agree with the policies and procedures of the governing party then it will always appear to be a waste of time/energy/resources for the others to bring them down.