That’s… not what a majority government means. He had a majority by 29 seats.
Nope he didn’t have a majority of the vote. That is misleading to the readers.
Again, that’s not what it means.
It’s not a true majority. Saying it’s a “majority” in general gives the impression that he won more than 50% of the vote which he did not. Our democracy should not be smoke and mirrors. That gotcha is a bit condescending to the busy working families who do not have all the time in the world to research every detail of our democracy.
You’re deliberately twisting words here. In talking about a parliamentary legislature, a majority is given to mean over half the seats being held. Chretien had a true majority government. Perhaps you weren’t familiar with the rudimentary basics of parliamentary democracy, but the general reader is, and it’s somewhat patronising to pretend they aren’t.
A “majority government” describes having the majority of parliament politically aligned with the Prime Minister. At least in Canada that’s how the term is used.
Is there a controversy surrounding the globe and mail’s reporting on the election ? I searched a bit, but didn’t find anything.
Did they specifically say he won the popular vote? If not, they’re not being misleading.
We don’t have a two party system in this country. You can win a majority of seats without a majority of votes. Anyone with rudimentary math skills can figure it out.
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