Questions tagged [canada]
Questions related to the government or politics of Canada.
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How can a Canadian political candidate make her campaign promises legally binding, and make herself personally liable if she broke her promises?
To prove sincerity and trustworthiness, imagine a wealthy Canadian political candidate — whether she holds office now or not — who knowingly intends to legally bind herself to her campaign promises, ...
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“We’ve had our accountant split the numbers into capital, and operating budgets.” Why’s this funny?
I’m linking three times to the same video, as safeguard against potential take down and deletions. –
https://redd.it/1pccuqx
https://x.com/DonDavies/status/1996048505266131169?lang=en
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Why did B.C. choose to make daylight saving time instead of standard time permanent?
The Government of British Columbia has decided to make daylight saving time (DST) permanent in 2026. After the switch from Pacific Standard Time (UTC - 8 hours) to Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) on 8. ...
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Did the Canadian ad about fair trade misrepresent President Reagan's views on tariffs?
From New York Times article Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan's Words dated Oct 24, 2025:
But the advertisement, which Ontario’s provincial government purchased to air ...
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Why is the Speech from the Throne delivered in the Senate chamber?
Watching the opening of Parliament in Ottawa is not something I've ever done or been interested in until the king himself did it a few days ago, presumably in order to remind Donald Trump (...
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What is the difference between a minority government and a coalition government?
Canada's April 2025 national election was held yesterday, and it is currently looking likely that the Liberal Party will win a plurality, but not a majority, of seats in Canada's House of Commons.
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In Canada's 2025 election, what have either Poilievre or Carney, as candidates for Prime Minister, said about balancing the budget?
Pretty much what it says in the title. Canada's Federal government hasn't balanced a budget in the last 10 years or so, as I recall.
So what have these 2 candidates said about balancing it?
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What would happen if no party reached official party status?
According to Wikipedia's article on the Canadian political party Bloc Québécois,
MPs without official party status are treated as independents and must sit in the back row of the opposition benches. ...
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Why don't most Canadians and Greenlanders want to become US citizens? [closed]
It seems ironic that amidst the great[est] deportation surge, the people that MAGA wants to become US citizens--that is, Canadians and Greenlanders--don't seem to entertain this prospect much, at ...
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What is the proportion of "USMCA compliant goods" in North American trade, in the context of the Trump tariffs?
This term has popped a lot recently and I am having some trouble understanding both the specific relevance to the tariff disputes at hand and how the volume of those "compliant goods" ...
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Is Canada's "caretaker convention" triggered upon the governing party commencing a process to choose a new leader?
Is Canada's "caretaker convention" triggered upon the governing party commencing a process to choose a new leader?
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Who are the final arbiters of dispute resolution in USMCA?
The USMCA is a free trade zone treaty between Canada, Mexico and the US. For country-to-country disputes it has a dispute resolution mechanism in chapter 31 (Wikipedia mentions chapters 19 and 20 but ...
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Do Greenlanders identify with Canadian inuits, and is there a movement to join the Dominion?
I have seen claims that many Greenlanders support independence, but also claims that there is not enough people to maintain all aspects of a modern state. How do Greenlanders feel about joining the ...
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How come Canada is retaliating against US tariffs now instead of after upcoming elections?
My understanding is that, in democratic countries, if there is a looming election, there is also an expectation that the government will not implement major new policies until after the election (...
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Why is Canada spending $4.38 Billion to remediate a Yellowknife mine that appears harmless?
The following government study about the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, published in 2018, states the following in its section on Risk Assessment Findings:
The HHERA determined that contaminants in the ...
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