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Originally Posted by Traum
instead of having his parliament voted down by a vote of no confidence from the opposition parties -- shows the PM and the governing party doesn't care for being wasteful of our tax dollars.
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If he was defeated in a no-confidence vote right now people would still be claiming the election was a "waste of money", it's just that the blame would shift to "bad governance" rather than "power grab". Same shit different pile.
Our parliamentary system allows the ruling party to set election dates when they desire. It's what sets us apart from countries like the USA. The prevalence of minority governments, which complicates these election calls even further is also something that sets us apart from the USA, and a good thing. If you look back at the history of minority governments in Canada, none really last much longer than 2 years (Joe Clark's government only lasted 8 months) , so this sort of thing is absolutely normal and expected to me.