Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sun Mar 02 2025 01:03:00

MP>But didn't Trudeau actually "lose" the last election but then manage to put
  >together a coalition government that kept him in power?

He won the election but didn't get a majority which, as I mentioned
elsewhere, stops him from being able to do much of anything without
another party backing him up to get a majority VOTE for things to
go through. Generally the only way to get another party to back you
up is to agree to do something for the people that THEY wanted to do
if elected.

He ended up with a semi permanent deal with the National Democratic
Party who had 25 seats, more than enough to get things through, but
they insisted on a few things like free dental care for seniors and
kids under 12 I think it was, with plans to eventually phase that in
for everyone below a certain income level eventually.

He needed 170 seats out of 338 for a majority and he only got 160,
but that meant that 3 other parties had enough seats to make deals
backing him up. The biggest competition, the Progressive Conservative
party, came in second with 119 seats in that election so you can see
that the vast majority vote for those 2 main parties.

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