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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago
[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 28 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Shouldn't there be some kind of election to fill the seat the politician resigned from? Otherwise, they could just have supermodels with masters degrees running for office, then resigning so a Nazi with a beer belly and a GED can take over.

[–] ironchico@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago

There will be a by-election and I’m sure someone will run against him from another party, but it’s a very conservative riding, so he’ll probably win pretty easy. But it would be the funniest thing ever if somehow he did manage to loose.

[–] pepperjohnson@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago

What a chud

[–] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 163 points 1 day ago (31 children)

You got to get rid of those nazis or they'll be ruling the roost in an election cycle, trust me. --an american

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[–] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it was the other way around he'd never let Carney hear the end of it - "Carney, the guy who had to get someone else to quit in order to keep his seat".

Politicians gonna politics, no surprise there.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago

He already didn't let Carney hear the end of it - "Carney, who was not elected..."

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So I'm guessing Alberta is Canada's version of Alabama?

[–] zippaling@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably closer to Texas, since we have a bunch of oil.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago
[–] arankays@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago

milhouse is a fucking snake and a con-artist.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are there not residency requirements?

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 day ago

My riding decided to elect someone who lives two cities away, so I guess not at the local level at least

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man that seems so Twisted to me. How can you represent people you don't spend any time around? How can you claim to know their needs if you don't even live among them?

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

I'm not Canadian, but I've previously known that in the US you only have to live in the same state as the district you're representing. An argument in favor of that concept (that I admittedly just made up) is that congressional boundaries get rewritten every decade. In theory, this could be used to push a rep out of Congress if someone really wanted to, if they were required to live in district. State boundaries are much more stable so this is pretty good immunity to that.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imagine if he fails to be elected again in the partials

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

82% in favour of conservatives during the last election but Carney can wait 6 months to launch the by-election, that might be long enough to piss off some conservatives that might want to get rid of PP.

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

He'll win, the only reason he's coming to Alberta is because it's a slam dunk.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

that was predictable

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Is it within parliamentary procedure to address him as the former member from Ottawa-Carleton?

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