Canadian Elections Suspended Indefinitely
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How does this surprise anyone.
What do you think the outcome is of a government that admires and is jealous of a "basic dictatorship", combined with an absence of any mechanisms of accountability. No attorney general will disturb criminality by government. No RCMP will arrest any politician. The checks and balances have broken down. And the population is increasingly weaponized zombies with no higher reasoning behind their stimulus-response.
We are literally plummeting into authoritarian communism and our response is cowardice. What the fuck is wrong with my country. Nevermind, I know. We have not starved and had our family shot by communists yet. That lesson is coming. Canadians won't believe it, but that's why that lesson is still in the (now near) future.
Texas will be a blue state in less than a decade.
Texas and Florida have been trending red from 2008 to now. If they are going to flip blue, it won't be any time soon.
Presidential election in 2012 in Texas: Romney wins by 15 points over Obama.
Presidential election in 2016 in Texas: Trump wins by 9 points over Clinton.
Presidential election in 2020 in Texas: Trump wins by 5 points over Biden.
But yeah, TeXaS iS tReNdInG rEd.
Wow... only 1 nay. They're going to milk this.
I do not recognize our government.
Ditto. I've never been a troublemaker. I do not recognize this rogue government either.
Erin O Toole and the so called "Big PP" BOTH voted for this. What a couple of losers.
Guys. It's a motion, not a law. It's a near-unanimous vote to SAY "hey, we shouldn't have an election until after the pandemic." There is no force of law here. It is political posturing, nothing more. Elections have not been abolished yet.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/43/2/118
(b) in the opinion of the House, holding an election during a pandemic would be irresponsible, and that it is the responsibility of the government to make every effort to ensure that voters are not called to the polls as long as this pandemic continues.
The government does not have to and will not have to call an election. Who will stop them? Trudeau has paid off the police and the media.
There is no "opposition" in the HoC. Everyone votes the same way on pretty much every major issue.
I think they have to pass a bill rather than a motion. I'm not an expert on parliamentary procedure, but read the document - this is clearly not a law.
I think that's accurate.
The same precedent has existed in every majority government, pretty much.
This is an attack on our democracy, wow.
This is why they want to take your guns so it makes it easier for the government to go full authoritarian
History has shown this every single time
Ok for one, it's a just a motion condemning any calling of an election during a pandemic. It is not a law or a ban or a suspension. It's just a statement saying the members of the House think anyone who calls an election during a pandemic is an asshole. That's it. It doesn't restrict anyone's ability to call elections. It's just a pre-emptive condemnation.
More importantly, this motion works against the Liberals. It's directed at them. The Liberals voted in favour of it, but only because they knew it was going to pass no matter what they did, so they pretended to support it just for the optics.
The reality is, Trudeau has been trying to goad the opposition into triggering an election for months now. Because:
a) He wants an election while he's riding this pandemic bump so he can maybe secure a majority meaning another full four year term.
b) An election during the pandemic would necessitate mass mail in voting, which he would probably use to his advantage.
Trudeau could call an election himself if he wanted to, but he won't do that because the party who calls an election in the middle of a pandemic will pay a stiff penalty for that at the ballot box (hence the motion to condemn anyone who calls an election during a pandemic). So instead, he's been trying to get the opposition to do it for him via various confidence votes. So far, the opposition hasn't taken the bait, and haven't given Trudeau his election. This motion is a statement to Trudeau saying "Fuck off Trudeau, we're not giving you your election, so stop trying to goad us into defeating your confidence votes".
It's called politics. Those politicians are not going to "fuck off" just because you don't understand how electoral politics are conducted.
It doesn't matter. The opposition can still call an election whenever they see fit (and can marshal the votes). This motion doesn't suspend or ban anything. It was just a "fuck you" to Trudeau because he's trying to get an election while his polling numbers are high.
That's part of why Trudeau wants an election during the pandemic and therefore why any thinking person should object.
The opposition has no power to do anything for you except oppose with their words in the House of Commons what the government is doing. That's the opposition's job, and it's what they've been doing.
They all vote the same.
That’s for the UN to decide for us.
^^