User blog comment:Hawkpine/ANNOUNCEMENT./@comment-1750159-20120515162520/@comment-1725637-20120521012149

To be honest, Obama is better than what Canada has at the moment. Right now, I'm viewing our current Prime Minister as the George W Bush of Canada. No lie. And now there is a whole bunch of crap with robocalls and whatnot, because people have been calling houses and telling them that their voting station was changed, when it was. They claimed to be from Elections Canada, and weren't. So now, if 26 ridings have recounts that result in different results, we may have a minority.

See, American politics is a lot different than Canadian Politics. We don't fight dirty, apperently. The worst it gets here is a commercial, normally. Also, I think you guys vote for your senate and house, and then the president all seperately, while we vote for the house, and the party with the most votes has it's leader become prime minister. And the senate is appointed seperately. If there is one party that has the majority of the seats, a lot of things get done. But that hasn't happened that much recently. There are 3 main parties. If they don't get a majority, then it's a minority, and then nothing gets done, and it will (almost always) end in a vote of no confidence, which is like a forced reformation (I think that's the right term), and another election is called. Minorities typically last 2 years. There are also no limit to terms. (DERP.)

Most people are currently believing the Conservatives (The party in power) set up the robocalls as a chance to get less votes for the other parties; One party doesn't have as much money, the other didn't really fight. So now most people are annoyed. Whoop-dee-doo.

There's your lesson on Canadian Politics, folks. Or my take on it. Just be glad that you don't have to deal with this.