Life Is Not Purgatory
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Canada: The New Italy
I think Dave and Anne can breathe a little easier than they have been reading the newspapers of late. As bad as things seem for the ruling Liberal party a non-confidence motion is unlikley to happen in the very near future, but it's going to happen.
With these poll results its still very unlikely that any party is going to get enough seats to form a majority.
36.2% Conservative
25.0% Liberal
20.5% New Democrat
12.6% Bloq Quebecois
05.0% Green
Historically, minority governments have made /good/ government, based upon compromise and diplomacy rather than party discipline. It looks like the NDP and Bloq will hold the balance of power over whichever of the 'moderate' parties has the most seats for the forseable future... a new Italy.
While this may mean the death of the gay marriage legislation, it is still legal in most of Canada - in time the courts will be forced to intervene...
I think Dave and Anne can breathe a little easier than they have been reading the newspapers of late. As bad as things seem for the ruling Liberal party a non-confidence motion is unlikley to happen in the very near future, but it's going to happen.
With these poll results its still very unlikely that any party is going to get enough seats to form a majority.
36.2% Conservative
25.0% Liberal
20.5% New Democrat
12.6% Bloq Quebecois
05.0% Green
Historically, minority governments have made /good/ government, based upon compromise and diplomacy rather than party discipline. It looks like the NDP and Bloq will hold the balance of power over whichever of the 'moderate' parties has the most seats for the forseable future... a new Italy.
While this may mean the death of the gay marriage legislation, it is still legal in most of Canada - in time the courts will be forced to intervene...
