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   Message 39,438 of 39,875   
   Aaron Thomas to Matt Munson   
   Re: Tim's Funnel   
   18 Jan 26 15:40:46   
   
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    MM>  AT> What do you mean by a minority? I don't understand; aren't the Libera   
    MM>  AT> Party the majority?   
    MM> In a parlimentary system you need a number of seats to form a   
    MM> government. If you have less than required to form a government you need   
    MM> to have another party to team up with you. So in Canada, the Liberal   
    MM> Party teams up with the NDP. But in this term of the government, the NDP   
    MM> does not really want to be active colliation partners. 172 seats is   
    MM> required for a majority. They only have 170. So the Liberal Party is   
    MM> running under a minority government right now. --- SBBSecho 3.34-Linux   
      
   Thanks for this explanation. So the Carney election isn't a death sentence   
   like it was here when Biden was president. The Canadians really do have some   
   good ideas.   
      
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