• HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    You’re also comparing house of commons seats to PM seats, which is a bad comparison because of the scale and difference in location of said elections. A FPTP election in a locality will inherently have easier competition than a national level FPTP election.

    There’s no such thing as a “PM seat”. The Prime Minister occupies a seat in the House of Commons like any other, for which he must win the election in his local riding. Justin Trudeau is the member for Papineau, a neighbourhood in north Montreal.

    The Governor General (representative of the King) then invites one member of parliament to form government as Prime Minister, for which the other members of the parliament must give a vote of confidence. By convention, that person is the leader of the party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons.

    The Prime Minister of Canada is not directly elected in Canada. There is no nation-wide FPTP election for PM.

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      4 months ago

      There’s no such thing as a “PM seat”. The Prime Minister occupies a seat in the House of Commons like any other

      This is unrelevant semantics. You know exactly what I mean when I say the “PM seat”.

      The Governor General (representative of the King) then invites one member of parliament to form government as Prime Minister, for which the other members of the parliament must give a vote of confidence. By convention, that person is the leader of the party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons.

      This, I will admit is a misunderstanding on my part. However you do see how this is worse, right?

      Like, not only do 3rd parties not have a chance in Canadian politics to install a PM, but also the general public has less of a say on this than they otherwise could. That is worse. Canada is a terrible example of FPTP working well/being sufficient for 3rd parties.

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        4 months ago

        You know exactly what I mean when I say the “PM seat”.

        No, I have no clue.

        In theory, a major party and a minor party can form a coalition, and the leader of the minor party becomes Deputy PM.

        I don’t think it’s ever happened at the federal level in Canada, though.

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          You’re just side-stepping the core issue at this point by focusing solely on the PM seat thing. Address the rest of what I said.