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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Not to mention the endless wrangling that goes on to cobble together a coalition. Last year it took the Netherlands 223 days of negotiations to form a government. In 2021-22 it took them 299 days. Imagine, with the challenges Canada faces today, if we didn’t have a governing coalition and cabinet in place until Feb 24, 2026.
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The Netherlands also has 15 parties with seats, from a population a little under half the size of Canada. Many of those 15 parties, consist of alliances of multiple parties themselves.
In the Netherlands a populist let by Geert Wilders won. It was pretty clear he was going to form a government with the other populist and right wing parties. It was more a question of who got what kind of power within the government.
Pretty different than Canada's situation, where the Liberals just need to form a coalition with one other party.