This is so fascinating! I'm such a political geek. :)
And I know this is just, like, *sigh, typical American,* but I know embarrassingly little about Canada and I really should endeavor to fix that. (I did honeymoon in Nova Scotia, though, so I have only pleasant associations!)
"...but in Canada an election can be called at virtually any time. Up until two days ago, Canada was governed by the Conservative Party, but they were dissolved by the combined efforts of the constituents in the House of Commons."
That is EXTREMELY interesting - I had no idea that was how it worked! Is is the sort of thing people know about ahead of time, or do the citizens basically just wake up one morning and find that the political party has been ousted and there's now going to be an election?
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Date: 2011-03-28 01:08 pm (UTC)And I know this is just, like, *sigh, typical American,* but I know embarrassingly little about Canada and I really should endeavor to fix that. (I did honeymoon in Nova Scotia, though, so I have only pleasant associations!)
"...but in Canada an election can be called at virtually any time. Up until two days ago, Canada was governed by the Conservative Party, but they were dissolved by the combined efforts of the constituents in the House of Commons."
That is EXTREMELY interesting - I had no idea that was how it worked! Is is the sort of thing people know about ahead of time, or do the citizens basically just wake up one morning and find that the political party has been ousted and there's now going to be an election?