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Old 11-21-2011, 03:30 PM   #16
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Whats stopping a group of MPs/MLAs from colluding and getting elected under the popular ruling party (say PC), and then switching parties to form their own? In a minority situation or if you could get enough people on board, you could effectively steal power.
The premier or PM would simply ask the Governor General or Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature at that point and call a new election. It is decidedly unlikely at the best of times that the GG/LG would ever go against the PM/Premier, but much less so in a situation like that.
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