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Old 04-13-2011, 06:57 PM   #1692
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Right, I also think we should vote a president next election!
Yes, because having a president is essential for the existence of a coalition government. Someone should contact Prime Minister Cameron immediately...

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How, exactly, would 100 years of tradition not excude functionality?
Canada was a very different country 100 years ago, many things work in today's Canada that couldn't even a few decades ago.


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Again this would apply if the Israeli example was requiring another party whose sole aim was to break up Israel AND whose leader had implicitly stated he would not for a coalition a week before the election that he lost.
That would have been pertinent if I was arguing about the specific implementation of a coalition government in question rather than the concept.
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