Canadian Politics

[The Texas Rattlesnakes]

Mar 2, 2017 22:35:55 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Other things about Canada:
- Not everyone here loves hockey, but a VERY high percentage of our population does.
- No igloos. Like...maybe if you go into Nunavut or something. I do not know, I have never been there. Oh, but sometimes kids do build igloos for fun here in winter - that does happen.
- Our coffee is better than American coffee.
- Our cell (and I think internet) services/options/prices are NOT better.
- I hear our beer is better, but I had this beer root beer when I was in Florida and i really liked it. My friends tell me we have a different brand here that is just as good, but still. That was good.
- we have gun control, but it's not unreasonably restrictive. I could go buy a gun if I wanted.
- We do not have the death penalty. Anywhere in Canada.

Oh, and this is a big one. Politically, at least.
We do not vote for our Prime Minister. Like, AT ALL. We vote for a representative for our area. Those representatives can belong to any party, or can be independants. BUT. At the end of the voting, the PARTY with the most representatives in our House of Commons, is the majority party, and whoever their leader is becomes our Prime Minister. We do not directly vote for our Prime Minister, and because of the process, we can never have an independent Prime Minister. It's pretty fucked up when you think about it. You want to be Prime Minister? Go be the leader of a major political party. Seems so wrong.

That does sound really shitty! You could love the representative of your area, but hate the leader of their party. That definitely sucks.

[The Sandmen]

Mar 2, 2017 22:50:31 GMT -5 The Texas Rattlesnakes said:

That does sound really shitty! You could love the representative of your area, but hate the leader of their party. That definitely sucks.

Which happens all the time. Or the opposite. You like the leader, but hate your local rep. Or you want a particular Prime Minister, but you really like someone from a different party or independent in your local area. You have to choose between supporting the person you want as Prime Minister, or the person you like locally. Can be frustrating.

But the flip side is, I think we have far less policy get stuck in messy politics, vetoed by different branches, etc. since the majority is all one party type thing. So it's not as much like a 3-way circle jerk with everyone screwing everyone over. I do not know if that makes having no say over who leads our country or not though.