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Old 04-13-2011, 05:20 PM   #1654
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Not to mention that Israel has over 20 federal parties and has been governed by Coalitions since the day it was born.

Nothing like comparing apples to bananas to prove a point, though.
Nothing like throwing out an idea because the place where we take it from isn't exactly like Canada and, as such, it couldn't possibly work here.



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Ignoring, of course, the over a century of tradition that Canada has built up that the party who wins the election forms the government.

Also, the Queen has the right to overthrow the entire government? It IS the letter of the law, regardless of convention, right?
So tradition should come before functionality?
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