Quote: (07-12-2012 12:51 PM)Soma Wrote:
Quote: (06-23-2012 11:44 AM)kosko Wrote:
Quote: (06-23-2012 10:50 AM)Vicious Wrote:
Kosko, are you seriously trusting a 51% vote presented by a dictatorship to be genuine? I can't help but feel that your post is cut6paste without some critical proofreading for your own part.
That vote was more transparent then the last Canadian or American primary is/was.
In Canada Harper has majority rule with only 23% support.
Harper gained majority rule with 53.9% of seats in the House of Commons and 39.6% of the popular vote, not "23% support".
Because of the way ridings are structured and weighted only 23-30% of Canadians voted for the conservatives in the last election. Maybe my exact number was off but he has majority rule with minority public support.
The PM in Canada aside from being removed from penciling laws him self has more authoritative powers over the frame of Government then the USA president. The PM makes more appointments, can control the agenda of parliament, and can stack committees and the courts. These things would have to go via congress in America but not here.