I know I'm posting too much today, and the last thing most people
want is a discussion of Canadian politics (allegedly, the most boring
headline in the world, according a contest run by _New Republic_
magazine, was "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative")
but...
I said:
>Yes, we do
> > have a Prime Minister and no, we do not directly elect him or her.
> > Instead, we vote for our representative member of Parliament and the
> > party which elects the most members ("seats") gets to choose the
> > prime minister.
And argumentative Chris Green replied:
>
> Technically, of coure, this is not true. There is no mention of parties in the
> constitution. In fact, the members of parliament elect the Prime Minister.
I disagree. There is no mention of parties in the constitution, as
our constitution is unwritten, which makes it pretty difficult to
mention them. However it is accepted that the Prime Minister is the
leader of the party which receives a majority of the seats in
Parliament. If there is no majority (as is the current case), the
largest minority party gets first chance to provide the PM.
Stephen
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