politics07 Sep 2008 07:09 am

Election on Oct. 4 in Canada

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghudALpOFy3WLTmTNnS_N4xepvbQ

We’ll have an election on October 14.

What happened to the fixed-term election law?  Why pass laws that can just be ignored?  Were the Conservatives just pandering to stupid voters?  Are we really this stupid?

My understanding is that the fixed-term law was mostly a lie, the governor-general has the power to dissolve the parliament and will do so whenever asked by the PM.  With the current law, the PM can call a convenient snap election at any time, but the maximum life of a Parliament is now four years.  “Steve” passed a law that changed the maximum life of a Parliament from 5 to 4 years.  Pffff.

2 Responses to “Election on Oct. 4 in Canada”

  1. on 07 Sep 2008 at 7:36 pm   Luna

    What does “Pffff” mean?

  2. on 07 Sep 2008 at 8:46 pm   georges

    here

    I misspelled it, should have been 3 f’s.

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