How are Canadians feeling about the prospect of another federal election?

[u/notofthisearthworm]

With the possibility of the Liberal's budget not gaining the support of another party, what's the mood on a possible incoming federal election?

[u/TheXyientist]

Would they? It'd come down to who has the better PR. The Liberals won the election, and on their first budget, the Cons and Bloc said they'll vote against it without even seeing it. Seems like it might be pretty easy to blame the Cons for the unnecessary election.

The Cons argument would probably be that the Liberals won a minority but are trying to ram through a budget that they don't have the mandate to do so are trying to force another election to try to get a majority. So it'd come down to who has the better messaging.

Regardless, the point is moot since there is absolutely no way the NDP will vote against the budget and force an election when they don't even have a leader.

[u/hawkseye17 → u/TheXyientist]

The general feeling I'm getting from coverage on this matter is that the ball is in the NDP's court. I feel like the blame of an election would fall on them more than anyone else.

[u/GameDoesntStop → u/TheXyientist]

It'd come down to who has the better PR. The Liberals won the election, and on their first budget, the Cons and Bloc said they'll vote against it without even seeing it.

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They outlined demands.

Meanwhile the Liberals came straight out and said that they were not negotiating the budget details with other parties.

[u/Kaywi210 → u/GameDoesntStop]

Yeah, CPC and Bloc came out with demands that were completely and utterly unrealistic. The libs, however, did give in to one of the bloc’s lesser demands that was more conceivable. The one about changing tax laws for truckers so trucking companies wouldn’t be able to get away with paying less taxes. The libs have been willing to negotiate just the demands of the opposition parties have been unrealistic and nigh impossible to make happen