Governor-General Michaelle Jean,
If the Liberals vote down the Throne Speech, which they're unlikely to do, being not yet ready to fight an election and the other opposition parties are certain to do, there'd be an election, largely on Afghanistan and Kyoto.
If an election happens, it would be the third in as many years, making Canada quite unstable as a democracy. Still, that doesn't seem to have worried Italy.
As they hold only 126 seats in the 308-seat parliament, Stephen Harper's Conservatives need the support of at least one of the three main opposition parties to see the vote through.
* Conservatives: 126
* Liberals: 96
* Bloc Quebecois: 49
* New Democrats: 30
* Independent: 3
* Total: 308 (including 4 vacant seats)
Well it's actually Harper wanting to have an election and trying to force it without actually calling it himself. The Liberals don't want an election because they can't possibly win and have a totally useless leader.
ReplyDeleteI don't think unstable is quite the right word for the situation James. Possibly another costly election giving us another minority government.
Thanks, JMB, for putting us straight on that. I wanted to know what the situation was over there.
ReplyDeleteI have posted on the regular change of governments in Italy, James: I said at least it's been a democracy since the end of WW2 and it's actually quite healthy to throw a non-delivering government out.
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