Is Harper Going to Call an Election?
Do you know what the most ridiculous thing about this question is? I’ll tell you: It’s the fact that Canadians have to ask themselves this question.
The cost to taxpayers for early elections surely this exorbitant.
I think our friends in the south have got it right when it comes to setting an election every 4 years. You know when it’s going to happen and can be prepared for it.
In a true democracy the ability to allow any party to trigger an election to its advantage should not exist. A party forcing an election because of favourable polls is ridiculous. Moreover, snap elections do not necessarily allow all parties to adequately prepare in time. Certainly doesn’t sound democratic.
Again having a set time for the election every four years would solve the problem.
Some will argue this ability is a safeguard for a really bad government or one that can’t get anything passed because the other parties will not allow it. Well maybe, and this is a real big maybe, a clause allowing an early election to be called in exceptional circumstances might be okay. Even then though this leaves it up to interpretation.
In the end, I’d like to know when this law has actually – not hypothetically – benefited Canadians rather than merely draining their pockets?