Natural Law Party

[thebitterguy]

cargoweasel inquired about the fate of the Natural Law party. They were de-registered by Elections Canada in 2003. Doug Henning passed away in 2000.

No Natural Law, no Rhino party.

It's so depressing.

Thankfully, I live in a riding where it's actually strategic to vote strategically.

Comments

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

You live in a "riding"? I live in a house, myself. *rimshot* Thank you, I'm here every night...

Seriously, what's a "riding"? Some Canuckistanian term for "voting district" or "burrough" or what?

[thebitterguy]

First off: it's just Canuckistani.

Secondly: Quick political primer. Our elected representatives are members of parliament, or MPs. Each MP represents a riding, which is a specific geographic area. The political party who has the most MPs forms the government. When they have more than half the MPs, it is a majority goverment. These tend to be long lasting and relatively stable. When they DON'T have more than half, it's a minority goverment, which is vulnerable to being gridlocked by the other parties.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

While Canuckistanian (http://www.ljseek.com/search.php?hq=2&q=canuckistanian) isn't quite as prevalent as Canuckistani (http://www.ljseek.com/search.php?hq=2&q=canuckistani), it's certainly enough to be considered valid, and certainly enough to invalidate your comment that it's "just" the one.

And I'd like to point out that I got "Canuckistanian" from someone else in your LJ, and not only did you NOT correct their usage, he's equally Canuckistanian as you are, so I say to you:

(http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com/491010.html?thread=1837314#t1837314)

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the explanifying.