Even with only a dozen of the 340 seats in the federal parliament, the next minority government will have to accomodate the independent CFP affiliate members' Canadian majority priorities. As you will see below, from all the different failing areas of governing our awesome country, we need peopl...
OTTAWA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday announced an agreement reached by his Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Parliament to ensure the ruling party to govern through 2025. "It's a minority government, so parties need to work together...
Previous attempts to predict elections using social media data have attempted to emulate traditional polling by predicting the share of votes received by major parties. However, in parliamentary elections, such as those held in Canada, the party who wins the most seats in parliament forms government...
Parliament Hill- The hill in Ottawa, Ontario where the Parliament buildings stand. PC- 1. Short for "Progressive Conservative" a political party in some regions of Canada. 2. Sometimes referring to "President's Choice," the in-house brand of the Real Canadian Superstore supermarket chain. ...
Since the Canadian prime minister is the leader of whichever party has the most seats in the House of Commons, you won't see outright odds to be the next prime minister of Canada. Justin Trudeau had been at the helm of the Liberal Party since 2013 but his popularity plummeted over his ...
Though it is seldom for Canadian parties with less seats in Parliament to lead the government, there are precedents with a coalition government as the biggest possibility, according to Turnbull. Nearly a century ago, then Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King formed a minority government in 1925 wi...
Behind Rise of Canada's Social Democrats New Democratic Party's Success Reflects Voter Worries over Safety Net At the federal level, the party holds just 43 of 295 seats in Parliament, but it could gain seats in the next election.Pollsters say that beyond an... - Behind Rise of Canada'...
With 99 seats in parliament and 32 per cent of the vote, there is obviously still a constituency of Conservative supporters; but having alienated the broader spectrum of Canadians, the party's support is now largely in small-town and rural areas. The Conservatives were massively rejected in Atl...
If Harper wins the election, he will be making history. It would be the first time since Wilfrid Laurier in 1908 that a prime minister won four consecutive elections. With this election, the House of Commons is being increased to 338 seats from 308. That means Harper, or either of his ...
Additionally, each minister has one or more "opposition critics" appointed to her or his department. These critics are members of the party with the second-largest number of seats in the House of Commons. They are tasked with criticizing and analyzing the work of the Cabinet as a whole and...