Canada government question

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Rose Immortal

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I'm not sure if this is the right forum, and if it's not I'd just ask the mod who moves it to please PM and tell me where they put it. ;)

Anyway, this is an honest question that got lost in a really contentious thread, about Canada:

The one thing about having a lot of parties like Canada does--it seems like you'd have a lot of trouble with getting a majority in order to get any legislation passed. I'm not trying to snipe; I'm just curious.

Also, with a parliamentary system, what keeps it from breaking down into complete chaos if the PM can dissolve Parliament at any time, and Parliament can get a vote of no confidence against the PM at any time without an impeachment hearing?

Could any of the Canadians around here take a crack at this one? The American system is quite different, so this answer is probably something you learned in grade school. But I'm still stuck trying to get my head around this whole parliamentary system. ;)
 
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Long story...
I ain't interested the Parilment Conference.. Yesterday, My husband watched the Pairlment conference issues polities blah blah blah.. Made me fall sleep... yucky..
I ain't going vote anyone who want become PM... for liberal or domrancy or Bloc or Alliance.. forget it..
They aren't provide Deaf people.. as accessiable anything... They are frigg'n greedy!
 
Maybe these links will help you understand more on how the government of Canada is operated.

Dissolution of a Parliament - Fact Sheet

Motion of No ConfidenceMotion of No Confidence

List of Acts of Parliament of Canada

Remember, the last two links are to Wikipedia. But from what I've read on these two links, they are pretty much what I learned in school on legislations and how they handle them.

To get the definite information and facts on legislations, LegisInfo - Library of Parliament would be a suitable source for the answers you may be seeking.

Right now, the Liberal party is a minority government meaning they will be in power for only 2 to 3 years while a majority government can last around 5 years depending on how many seats they get in an election. With a majority government, it is much easier to pass laws because they have much more seats. It's an advantage over the minority government status.
 
This is helping some, but I think I've still got a good bit more research to do. ;) Thanks! :)
 
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