The starters pistol was fired today, kicking off a 40 day long federal election campaign culminating October 21st, voting day. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a visit to the Governor General, asking her to formally dissolve Parliament, and get the campaign ball rolling.
There are 338 seats up for grabs in the Canadian Parliament, and at dissolution, the governing Liberal party had a clear majority with 177. The Conservative Party of Canada had 97 seats, the NDP 40 and the Bloc Quebecois 10. Of the remaining seats, there were 7 sitting as independents, the Green Party had 3, 2 were vacant, and both the Peoples Party of Canada and Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation each had 1.
The last election was in November, 2015.
I've pretty much decided who I'm voting (or not voting) for come the 21st of October.Election laws forbid me to tell you which party and candidate that is. And just to muddy the water a bit, since I became eligible to vote way back in 1974, I have, at one time or another, voted for different political parties,with the exception of the BQ, since they're a Quebec party.
TTFN
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