The Canadian political crisis
Date
2008-12
Authors
von Heyking, John
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Publisher
Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs
Abstract
Canada faces a political crisis, and potentially a crisis of national unity, that it has never seen before. Harper’s Conservatives won a minority government in October. Yet, in just six short weeks, his government is facing defeat in Parliament, and the country is faced with the prospect of government being taken over by a coalition of Liberals, New Democrats, and Bloc Quebecois who currently form the Opposition.
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Peter Schramm
Keywords
Canada--Politics and government--21st century , Canada--Economic conditions--21st century , Canada. Parliament , Harper, Stephen, 1959- , Demcracy--Canada , Constitutional law--Canada , Parliamentary practice--Canada
Citation
December 2008: “The Canadian Political Crisis.” Guest Commentary. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs