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The poll that I rely on most is the one called election.  Anyway, the 
"rules" of operation for the political process are not decided from week to 
week by public opinion.

It's you who are out in left field with your winner-takes-all theory.  Yes, 
you have some company, but your opinions are based on feelings, not on 
history or the facts.

I pulled out my old high school history book (Building the Canadian Nation 
by George Brown) and checked what I was taught.  I quote (page 627): 
"Sometimes there are more than two parties in the elected House, none of 
which has a majority, and this leads to an interesting situation. Two of 
them, for instance, may decide to work together in order to have a majority, 
and this union is called a Coalition. Coalition governments may last some 
time, but they are often short-lived."

Also on that page: "If a government measure is defeated, the vote is almost 
always regarded as a vote of "want of confidence", the result of which will 
be the resignation of the Cabinet and almost certainly another general 
election."   The "almost" part refers to the present circumstances.

"snowman" <x@x.x> wrote in message news:UAF_k.20988$st1.3238@newsfe10.iad...
> Andrew Ostrander wrote:
>
>>
>> Sorry, but what you learned about confidence votes seems to be different 
>> from what I learned about them.  I learned (years ago) that if a PM loses 
>> a confidence vote, the Governor General can appoint someone else as Prime 
>> Minister, and if that person has the support of the House of Commons, 
>> then he/she remains the new PM.  Go back and check your school books, or 
>> some other source of information.
>>
>>
>
> Looks like you didn't learn it very well.  One vote, one person, one 
> party.  That is the way Canada works, the people decide.  Not the edicts 
> of the GG, not the backroom secret dealings of the 
> Liberals/Separatists/NDP.
>
> The interesting thing is that the polls agree, that leaves your wantonly 
> ignorant and misinformed opinion pretty much out in left field.
>
> -- 
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>
> "If a coup does not make use of the masses, or of warfare,
> what instrument of power will enable it to seize control of the state?
> The short answer is that the power will come from the state itself."
>
> -Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook
>                       By Edward Luttwak