Canadians Go To The Polls
Sep. 7th, 2008 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisThis morning, the Prime Minister of Canada called a snap federal election. The voters will be casting their ballots on October 14.
Yes, that's right: the Canadian election campaign will take 37 days.
Those tired of the never-ending US psychodrama of the past 2+ years still have nearly 2 months of joy.
Whatever the miscellaneous faults of both the US and Canadian system of elections, I'm hugely in favour of shorter, cheaper campaigns. If nothing else, it limits the number of forests which have to be clear-cut to supply the yard signs.
We now return you to your own regularly scheduled never-ending psychodrama already in progress.
Yes, that's right: the Canadian election campaign will take 37 days.
Those tired of the never-ending US psychodrama of the past 2+ years still have nearly 2 months of joy.
Whatever the miscellaneous faults of both the US and Canadian system of elections, I'm hugely in favour of shorter, cheaper campaigns. If nothing else, it limits the number of forests which have to be clear-cut to supply the yard signs.
We now return you to your own regularly scheduled never-ending psychodrama already in progress.
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the benefits of a parliamentary system
Date: 2008-09-09 05:50 pm (UTC)Many differences but each has their own pluses and minuses.
Seems the Canadian Prime Minister wants to have the election finished before the US Elections could affect it and help him lose his majority. Seems he is calling the election to get a more sustainable majority that doesn't require coalitions.