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To: Solon who wrote (44877)	1/23/2006 10:43:25 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

What? You ingrates going to gorget an old ally in time of need? You don't need all that oil. You only have a few people. Any, we offered to BUY it, not just TAKE it. :-)

To: Solon who wrote (44877)	1/23/2006 2:20:55 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

Hey, any connection between these two? :-) After 13 Years, Canada's Liberal Party Appears Headed for Defeat nytimes.com Canada Reports Positive Test for Mad Cow nytimes.com

To: Solon who wrote (44877)	1/23/2006 7:28:12 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

I THOUGHT Canada was a democracy! Governor General decides who's PM Party with the most seats doesn't necessarily form government Dennis Bueckert Canadian Press Monday, January 23, 2006 OTTAWA -- Here's a scenario to curdle the blood of some voters: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper wins the most seats but Prime Minister Paul Martin stays in power. Constitutional experts say it could happen. Governor General Michaelle Jean is entitled to choose the next prime minister and it's not just a question of which party has the most seats. Rather, she must decide which party has the best chance of winning the confidence of the House of Commons, says Queen's University political scientist Ned Franks. "An election has nothing immediately to do with who is the government," says Franks. "The prime minister is appointed by the Governor General and stays in power until he resigns or is dismissed by the Governor General." Jean could favour the Liberals if she had indications they would get support from the New Democrats, for example. Canada had a coalition government during the First World War, when Robert Borden's Unionist Conservatives joined forces with the pro-conscription section of the Liberal party. In 1985, an NDP-Liberal coalition entered a formal two-year deal that toppled the Progressive Conservative dynasty in Ontario. The Governor General's top concern is the stability of Parliament, and overly frequent elections are a problem, says Peter Russell of the University of Toronto. "That hurts the insitutions of our democracy if they're so fractious, so unable to co-operate, that we can't avoid another election for a few months, can't have any government that stable for, say, a year or two." He said Jean has a duty to consider all the options. "If a prime minister who's not done very well wants to carry on because he thinks he can win the confidence of Parliament, and fairly soon, she would be wrong to sack him. "It's not for her to say, `I don't think you have a hope in hell, get out of here.' We have parliamentary government and it's her job to make sure it functions." But there's a difference between what's legal and what's politically acceptable. It's hard to image an alliance between a federalist party and the Bloc Quebecois, for example. A Liberal-NDP alliance would also be a stretch, given the New Democrats' virulent anti-Liberal stance in the campaign. But it's not inconceivable. NDP strategist Jamey Heath declined to comment on the possibility. canada.com