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There are elections, but the Government is able to change how Canadians vote and the rules regarding voting and campaigning; and there is the Sovereign, but she
by dleslie 10y ago
There are elections, but the Government is able to change how Canadians vote and the rules regarding voting and campaigning; and there is the Sovereign, but she'd only intervene in three most extreme situations.
- jk563 10y agoMind explaining how the Government is able to change how Canadians vote?
- dleslie 10y agoThe Elections Act can be, and has been, amended by parliament. In a majority government with a strong whip, this means the PMO can effectively amend it as they please. The act defines how we vote, the constitution only requires that the vote method be reasonably democratic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_3_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms#Permissible_restrictions_upon_the_right_to_vote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_3_of_the_Canadian_Ch...