Canada's election sprint has begun, with six whirlwind weeks of nationwide campaigning before voters decide on Oct. 21 whether Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will get a second mandate.
The largest regional party is a separatist party in French-speaking Quebec, the Bloc Québécois, which is a player in numerous local races and has frequently won a majority of the province’s seats. Several times during the campaign, party leaders will meet for televised debates in English and French. Aside from the usual stump speeches, rallies and political ads, the campaign also has a significant focus on policy. National parties will make platform announcements on almost a daily basis, and they'll cap things off closer to the Oct. 21 vote by releasing a full platform that lists anticipated costs of their various policy pledges.
If the victorious party wins a clear majority of seats, things are much more clean-cut. That party will have a clear mandate to control the executive branch, the cabinet and the federal departments, and also have a much easier time passing legislation.in 2015. Canada's elections have produced majority governments in slightly more than half of all contests since the 1960s.
Elections in Canada are a lot different than the U.S. — from its parliamentary democracy to the 'Throne Speech' (similar to the SOTU) to the new government. Here's a handy guide to understanding how Canada elects both a prime minister and Parliament
Let that sink in - a six-week election!
Guaranteed he is toast😅 Fake eyebrows and all!
The world is tired of Charismatic Neoliberals who corporate media treat like pop-stars as they systematically destroy democracy. I hope Canada is smart enough to both dump and prosecute Trudeau CanadaVotes
Elections are run by the federal gov't. so none of this nonsense of any one province trying to discourage voter turnout.
Buh-bye Trudope!
Cute and dreamy eyes.
A six-week election cycle. Imagine what we could accomplish by freeing up the other 16 months...
PLEASE RE-ELECT TRUDEAU‼️ He’s keeping us hopeful!
Time for Americans to demand a Free and Fair Elections amendment to end the corporate donor/ownership of politicians and party bosses.
is it more efficient than our system?
Can't we elect Justin Trudeau as our president?
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i do not see how trudeau can win
We don’t elect conservative buffoons like AndrewScheer
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