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Parliamentary Mayhem!!!

bushrod — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:59:48 +0000

I would guess that by and large many of my amigos are not paying particular attention to the current Canadian political situation but let me tell ya, as one who has over time become rather fascinated by politics, it’s craziness up here right now… Having been in the US for the last bunch of years I haven’t been watching and am not particularly used to the Canadian political system…

A kinda humo(u)rous and somewhat explanatory article can be perused here…

Since that article was written the Governor General has indeed prorogued Parliament… so it looks like almost two months of partisan sniping and media campaigns are on the way… happy holidays!!!…

i am a civics ignoramus

bushrod — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:10:38 +0000

so one thing that’s become obvious during our return to the motherland is that i am pretty friggin’ in the dark as far as much of the canadian political process goes…

i split after the seventh grade and, while no political scholar, my time in the states has made me pretty comfortable with how the system works down yonder… in canada – not so much… before, during, and after the elections of a week ago i was hearing all sorts of interesting stuff that made little or no sense… throne speech???… confidence vote???… call for elections???… how odd…

so now, feeling pretty silly for not knowing any more at this stage in life… i shall embark on an adventure in canadian civics … luckily i a) find “the politics” interesting… and b) like learning about things… methinks it will all make a little more sense soon…

i am a civics ignoramus

bushrod — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:10:38 +0000

so one thing that’s become obvious during our return to the motherland is that i am pretty friggin’ in the dark as far as much of the canadian political process goes…