On Thu, Oct 22, 2015, at 02:11 PM, knarf wrote: > Of course we have the same parliamentary system here in Canada. I didn't > see Justin Trudeau's name anywhere on the ballot the other day. We vote > for the local representative and whichever party has the most seats > "chooses" the Prime Minister. > > I can see benefits and deficits in each of the parliamentary and the > Republican systems. Ours mostly works well - for us anyway.
Ditto here, as far as I'm concerned. A lot of people here have got their knickers in a knot because the party in power had the effrontery to replace the leader without going to the electorate. Of course, they had every right to do so. Admittedly, 3 times in three or four years does seem a bit excessive... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > Cheers, > > frank > > On October 21, 2015 11:02:14 PM EDT, Brian Walters > <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >On Thu, Oct 22, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: > >> You guys and your elections, how inefficient. > >> > >> We don't even bother with that stuff to change PMs these days :) > > > > > >Every cloud has a silver lining... > > > >Of course, Australians never get to elect the PM. The parliament does > >that - a fact that is lost on much of the electorate. > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > >Brian > > > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Brian Walters > >Western Sydney Australia > >http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > >> > >> - Peter > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: knarf > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 2:01 PM > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: OT - Elections and Politics and Guns and Religion > >> > >> Okay, now that I got your attention, it's really a post about > >elections. > >> > >> We in the Great White North just had one. It was the longest election > > > >> campaign in our country's history: three months. > >> > >> The news guys declared the winner about 6 minutes after the polls > >closed, > >> and declared a majority government an hour after polls closed. > >> > >> Living in Canada has its advantages. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> frank > >> -- > >> > >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson > >> > >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >> > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
