Desperately seeking defeat: Canada’s new fixed election dates and confidence votes
Federal Liberals have had to face a lot of criticism for their refusal to hand an election to the Conservatives on a silver platter. But the criticism is ill-founded.
OTTAWA—The Conservative government has been desperately trying to provoke an election since last October when the second session of this Parliament opened. Almost every bill or motion it brings before the House of Commons has been called a confidence measure, meaning that if the majority of...
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