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Tell me, how many times have the 3rd parties had a majority in the house of commons?
Tell me, how many times have the 3rd parties had a majority in the house of commons?
Once again, NDP has won Opposition before
And the U.S. had the federalist party which once held power. An extra party being previously viable in the past has little to do with whether or not a legislature is controlled by 1 of 2 parties.
And because of how our legislature works, if the winning party wins by a minority (Less than 50% of legislative seats), the NDP can team up with the opposition to outpower the party that won and use that to attempt to get legislation that it wants pushed through as a compromise.
“X party can team up with y” also doesn’t negate the definition of a two party system. Cooperation or not, the conservatives and liberals control the overwhelming majority of the seats.
your last paragraph is false and only serves to entrench the 2 most powerful parties.
I’ll be honest, I’m not Canadian and rarely speak about Canadian politics. So in no way am I entrenching the two most powerful parties.
And my last paragraph isn’t false. There are 338 seats in your house of Commons, and 81% of them are held by the two dominant parties. That is objectively true. The final sentence is a subjective one.
Sure, 3rd parties in Canada fair considerably better than they do in the U.S., but it seems pretty clear that they have no shot of getting a majority.
So with all of these things together, Canada is a two party system as well, largely due to the use of FPTP voting. We need more representative systems like approval and star voting.
It’s yet another tactic to delay.
Or the CIA. We all know how trigger happy they are after all.
I used to work at a place where an entire department was like that. They’d always have Jordan Peterson’s latest talk/show/podcast on in the background, MAGA merch, etc. They’d always have the facial expression of an inmate mugshot. And they’d always be super short with people. One of them made a point of saying the N word as much as they could.
Any time I had to interact with them I’d dread it. I can only imagine how terribly it would have gone if I had dared say anything political in earshot of them.
Canada is a two party system, because they fit the definition, the majority of the legislature is controlled by the main two parties:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada
Of the 338 seats, 81% of them are held by either the conservative or liberal party. The other parties have no shot of winning a majority, or taking away any significant number of seats from the big two parties.
Then go by muscle % x body weight or something.
That’s on you then.
“Why are there so many comments removed in this thread?” is a legitimate question.
This is basically a smear campaign
If showing failures in moderation constitutes a smear campaign, maybe don’t go banning people because they disagree with you.
You can simultaneously be in both chambers, that’s the nice thing about federation
Not if they ban you for asking the most basic of questions about moderation, or for having a different opinion.
Banning people for having different opinions is bad.
It’s not that simple though due to the Federation. The .ml community are blended together with everything.
Asking for more reasonable moderation isn’t a big ask.
OP isn’t taking issue with that. They’re taking issue with the CPP/USSR apologetics.
and a majority in Congress
Democrats do not have a super majority, which is a problem thanks to the fillabuster. So the only branch of government the democrats have is the executive, which is not enough to fix things.
Not sure. But my partner and I have an out, we will probably move to their home country and start a new life there if need be. It’s kind of hard to determine when the right time to leave is.
Then you have to ask “are my non-US accounts able to be shut down/frozen by the IRS/US?”
The answer is probably no, but not always.
There are edge cases where you still need to pay/file taxes.
Anyway, out come the pitchforks and 50 replies telling you your feelings are invalid and you’re wrong. And should die in a fire.
Are those replies in the room with us? Where is the reply saying they should die in a fire?
I’m aware, but it doesn’t have to for my point to stand. 3rd parties lacking the ability to get majority power means it is a two party system.
The answer to my question was zero.