No, nothing like that would be possible here. Our system is very different from yours -- much more simple, it seems to me -- and we don't have anything resembling your Electoral College. Our federal parties run candidates in all 338 ridings (electoral districts) across the country, with the exception of the Bloc Québecois, which only run…
No, nothing like that would be possible here. Our system is very different from yours -- much more simple, it seems to me -- and we don't have anything resembling your Electoral College. Our federal parties run candidates in all 338 ridings (electoral districts) across the country, with the exception of the Bloc Québecois, which only runs candidates in ridings in the province of Québec, recognized as a "distinct society". Currently, Canada has a minority Liberal government with 153 seats. The Opposition Conservatives have 119 seats. The Bloc has 33 seats, ahead of the New Democrats with 25. The Greens have 2 MPs. There are 4 Independent MPs, and 2 seats vacant at the present time. Canadians vote for a candidate running for a federal party in their riding. We are not able to vote for the Prime Minister (the leader of their party), unless we happen to live in the riding in which they are running as a candidate. It's quite common for a party to win the most seats in an election but not the popular vote; it's the number of seats that counts. Ours is a minority Liberal government, often dependent on other parties for support to pass legislation, particularly budgets. After the 2021 election, the NDP entered into a Supply and Confidence agreement with the Liberals to keep the government afloat; NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, cancelled that agreement at the beginning of September, so the government may fall at any time, although only the Conservatives, and perhaps the Bloc, really want an election soon.
No, nothing like that would be possible here. Our system is very different from yours -- much more simple, it seems to me -- and we don't have anything resembling your Electoral College. Our federal parties run candidates in all 338 ridings (electoral districts) across the country, with the exception of the Bloc Québecois, which only runs candidates in ridings in the province of Québec, recognized as a "distinct society". Currently, Canada has a minority Liberal government with 153 seats. The Opposition Conservatives have 119 seats. The Bloc has 33 seats, ahead of the New Democrats with 25. The Greens have 2 MPs. There are 4 Independent MPs, and 2 seats vacant at the present time. Canadians vote for a candidate running for a federal party in their riding. We are not able to vote for the Prime Minister (the leader of their party), unless we happen to live in the riding in which they are running as a candidate. It's quite common for a party to win the most seats in an election but not the popular vote; it's the number of seats that counts. Ours is a minority Liberal government, often dependent on other parties for support to pass legislation, particularly budgets. After the 2021 election, the NDP entered into a Supply and Confidence agreement with the Liberals to keep the government afloat; NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, cancelled that agreement at the beginning of September, so the government may fall at any time, although only the Conservatives, and perhaps the Bloc, really want an election soon.