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[db] · 12-04-2008, 08:05 PM

Officially, the thread title should say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7765206.stm

So, the Prime Minister of Canada today suspended Parliament because he was going to lose a vote of confidence on Monday.

I'm sure a lot of Americans don't really understand this, but Europeans will. The Parliament is the foundation of, well, Parliamentary democracies. They don't vote for a president like in the USA, they vote for members of paliament, and the prime minister serves as the leader of paliament until he loses a confidence vote.

In Canada they have now shut down the parliament to keep the Prime Minister in power. Unprecedented in Canadian history.

This is essentially the equivalent of an American president suspending the presidential elections.

12-04-2008, 08:05 PM
[db] Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 327	Canada is official no longer a democracy. Officially, the thread title should say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7765206.stm So, the Prime Minister of Canada today suspended Parliament because he was going to lose a vote of confidence on Monday. I'm sure a lot of Americans don't really understand this, but Europeans will. The Parliament is the foundation of, well, Parliamentary democracies. They don't vote for a president like in the USA, they vote for members of paliament, and the prime minister serves as the leader of paliament until he loses a confidence vote. In Canada they have now shut down the parliament to keep the Prime Minister in power. Unprecedented in Canadian history. This is essentially the equivalent of an American president suspending the presidential elections. Last edited by [db]; 12-04-2008 at 08:07 PM..