We are in that strange inter-regnum where a new government has been elected and the new lower house has taken their seats but the Senate does not change until 1 July, bringing back all the old problems of one party controlling the lower house and another the upper. So there is thought once again to fixing the terms. The Senate here has three months to pass any bill - but failure to do so can only lead to a double dissolution which is just not going to happen. (Can this happen in Canada?)
So there is once again interest in the idea of fixing terms - which will require a constitutional change. This is normally popular because elections are unpopular. If however, the idea is not working in Canada then that will cause a re-think here.
I take it that the polls in Canada favour the Conservatives at the moment.
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Date: 2008-02-18 11:22 pm (UTC)So there is once again interest in the idea of fixing terms - which will require a constitutional change. This is normally popular because elections are unpopular. If however, the idea is not working in Canada then that will cause a re-think here.
I take it that the polls in Canada favour the Conservatives at the moment.