My Last Rant, Before Election day Nails Canadian Politics' Biggest Problem.

Canadians are faced with a SERIOUS decision: Do you vote for a politician you do not know and may not like; just to ensure that your “Man” becomes Prime Administrator of Canada; do you vote for a politician you “know” or “feel” might do a somewhat better job than usual for a politician?

Maybe, you do not want to vote for “THE PARTY” or “THE MAN” at all.

LOL Buddy YOU WILL NEED IT-BECAUSE,

YOU ARE NOT GIVEN THAT CHOICE,

IN CANADA,

A spurt of anecdotes about the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau are surfacing in foreign news reports as international media begin focusing on the possibility his son might succeed him as Canada's prime minister. Canadian conservatives who seethe over the father's legacy and abhor the prospect of a Justin Trudeau Prime Administratorship might be advised to bypass some of this foreign coverage in the interest of blood-pressure management.

Many Canadian Liberals will feel warm waves of nostalgia over pieces like one by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which shares stories about one of the North America’s- along with the Kennedys, in the United States of the Americas; best-known politician’/PLAYBOYS.

In an item titled, "Will Canada throw out Conservative Prime Minister Harper in Monday election?" the writer describes the elder Trudeau as an “athletic, dashing” Rock Hudson Type.

Pierre Trudeau famously likened life with the UNITED States of the Americas. as a next door neighbour to being in bed with an 800-pound gorilla: 'You feel every twitch,'" it reminisced, The Old Quote Was Actually About An Elephant. "He was equally irreverent in dealing with the British crown, once doing a pirouette behind the back of (the) Queen.

The Vote On Monday Night Could Well Raise The Profile Of The Great White North.

As Election Day approaches, the road to power goes through Ontario

It may seem to have been a complicated federal election campaign, but as we approach next Monday's vote, it boils down to simple math.

As has always been the case historically, AND DESPITE Justin Trudeau’s rantings and ravings about “Roots in British Columbia”, this election will be “WON” OR “LOST”-- IN ONTARIO. This election, there are 338 RIDINGS AT STAKE, 121 OF THEM are IN ONTARIO. Of those, 52 are in the Greater Toronto Area, with 25 in the city of Toronto proper. Perhaps most significantly, there are 15 new ridings in the province because of redistribution.

Given the changes and the sheer number of seats up for grabs, it follows that winning in this province could WILL make or break the parties' fortunes on the night of Oct. 19.

The Leaders have done the math and know where they have to focus

The Canadian electoral system is based on a parliamentary system of government, modelled on that of the United Kingdom.

The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal and each provincial government. The current Canadian monarch, since 6 February 1952, is Queen Elizabeth II. As the sovereign, she is the personal embodiment of the Canadian Crown. Although the person of the sovereign is equally shared with 15 other independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations, each country's monarchy is separate and legally distinct. As a result, the current monarch is officially titled Queen of Canada and, in this capacity, she, her consort, and other members of the Royal Family undertake public and private functions domestically and abroad as representatives of the Canadian state.

However, the Queen is the only member of the Royal Family with any constitutional role. The Queen lives predominantly in the United Kingdom and, while several powers are the sovereign's alone, most of the royal governmental and ceremonial duties in Canada are carried out by the Queen's representative, the governor general.

In each of Canada's provinces, the monarch is represented by a lieutenant governor, NOTABLY: The Territories Are Not CONSIDERED Sovereign. Thus They Do Not Have A Viceroy.

Some of the powers of the Crown are exercisable by the monarch (such as appointing governors general), others by the governor general (such as calling parliamentary elections), and some others by either figure (such as giving or withholding Royal Assent to bills). Further, the royal sign-manual is required for letters patent and orders in council. But, the AUTHORITY for these acts STEMS FROM THE CANADIAN POPULACE(governments); within the conventional stipulations of constitutional monarchy, the sovereign's direct participation in any of these areas of governance is limited,

The Canadian Federal Parliament Consists of:

·         The sovereign= presently Queen (represented by the Governor General).

·         An upper house (the Senate), the members of which are, presently, appointed by the Governor General; on the RECOMMENDATION of the Prime Minister.

·         A lower house (the House of Commons), the members of which are CHOSEN BY THE CITIZENS OF CANADA, through federal general elections.

Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of elections in Canada, including federal elections, by-elections and referendums. It is headed by the Chief Electoral Officer. Canada’s electoral system is referred to as a "first past the post" system. The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its Member of Parliament (MP). The Governor General asks the Members of Parliament to form a government, which is normally the party whose candidates have won the most seats; that party's leader generally becomes Prime Minister. An absolute majority of the electorate is not needed, and is rarely achieved. As a result, power has been held by either of two parties for most of Canada's history. The party whose candidates win the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition.

Voter turn-out has fallen dramatically between 1962 (79%) and 2011 (61.4%). considerably worse than many of its comparables — Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Scandinavian countries, for example. Also worse than the House of Representatives elections in the United States of the Americas.

Historically, the Prime Minister could ask the Governor General to call an election at virtually any time, although one had to be called no later than five years after the return of the writs under section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In 2007, the Conservative Parliament passed an act requiring fixed election dates in Canada every four years. This law does not curtail the power of the Governor General to dissolve Parliament at any time, as was done for the 2008 election at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

If ANY government, municipal, provincial, federal; loses a "non-confidence" motion traditionally the Mayor, Premier, Prime Minister, will ask the Governor General to call an election.

The Governor General when approached by the Prime Administer who has lost a vote of confidence will traditionally call an election. However it is not assured; as some assume.

The Governor General also has the right to call the leader of the party they think would be most likely to be able to form government and ask them if they can form the government. This happened in 1926 and is referred to as the King-Byng Affair. ~~Al (Alex- Alexander) DE. Girvan.