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.
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.