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[Skimmy]

I have a few question(s) for you candians. Do yall really live in igloos? I heard a few do depending on where you live.

[Waser Lave]

Yes, they live in igloos, speak French and they all club baby seals too.

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Edited by Laser Wave, 10 January 2008 - 06:15 PM.

[leafsfan39]

i love to tell ppl that we do live in igloos...anyone outside of quebec that i know hates tehm cuz their so fuckin different and difficult

[Skimmy]

i love to tell ppl that we do live in igloos...anyone outside of quebec that i know hates tehm cuz their so fuckin different and difficult

But you dont though do you??? Whats wrong with just a regular house??

[leafsfan39]

actually some ppl do,if u go up into nunavut and the NWT they do somehwat and they don't ahve power i don't think...and i dun't know why they choose to not live in a regular house

[Skimmy]

actually some ppl do,if u go up into nunavut and the NWT they do somehwat and they don't ahve power i don't think...and i dun't know why they choose to not live in a regular house

Whoaaa. I never knew that. Thats cool. So it much get a lot colder then in Nunavut im guessing??

Another question. What do you call your political leader??

[leafsfan39]

yah its hella colder in nunavut.i doubt they get many tourists up there and i couldn't even pronounce or spell the capaital of nunavut lol.

and the head perosn is called a "prime minister"

[Skimmy]

yah its hella colder in nunavut.i doubt they get many tourists up there and i couldn't even pronounce or spell the capaital of nunavut lol.

and the head perosn is called a "prime minister"

lol.

Does he run the whole country or just the different states or whatever yall call them??

[leafsfan39]

he runs the whole country basically and they are called provinces

[Skimmy]

he runs the whole country basically and they are called provinces

Ohh ok so he is like our president.

Sorry im asking all these questions. I was in ap history today and the teacher started talking about canada for some reason and i didnt know shit about it.

[tastyphoxette]

I have to say, that is one Canadian Stereotype I've never heard before.

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Secretly, now I'm curious: Some Canadians live in igloos? D: He's not lying to me?

[leafsfan39]

hahaha its cool man...feel free to keep asing,i don't mind

[Skimmy]

I dont know if you know anything about the us polotics and all that but how related is it to canadian polotics?? (voting and all that good stuff)

[Brad]

TASTY!

Yes, some people honestly DO live in igloos. But they don't have internet, so for all rights and purposes, they're not real.

[Skimmy]

TASTY!

Yes, some people honestly DO live in igloos. But they don't have internet, so for all rights and purposes, they're not real.

lol. I never knew that. thats cool

[pyke]

i love to tell ppl that we do live in igloos...anyone outside of quebec that i know hates tehm cuz their so fuckin different and difficult

Different is one thing. Being separatists is another.

[leafsfan39]

u have to be 18 to vote if i rememebr correctly...our leader lies like a bitch that he is and they never keep any of their promises they make...sound like yours at all?

[tastyphoxette]

TASTY!

Yes, some people honestly DO live in igloos. But they don't have internet, so for all rights and purposes, they're not real.

Oh, Ok-Thnx. So That's why I'd never heard this before.

Also:

[Skimmy]

u have to be 18 to vote if i rememebr correctly...our leader lies like a bitch that he is and they never keep any of their promises they make...sound like yours at all?

Well we have the same voting age. lol. It sorta does.


What about your voting process?? How does all that work??

[leafsfan39]

if a cetain amoutn of votes are gained my a party and its over a cetain pecentage then its a majority which means they cna make a lot more decisions without they other parites say.but if they don't get over that then it is a minority and things are voted upon more evenly.

[Skimmy]

if a cetain amoutn of votes are gained my a party and its over a cetain pecentage then its a majority which means they cna make a lot more decisions without they other parites say.but if they don't get over that then it is a minority and things are voted upon more evenly.

I dont really understand that. lol.

Does each providence have a certain number of representatives??

[leafsfan39]

alright so say if a party gets 75% of the vote then they have more controla nd tehy are called a "majority" but if a party gets like 40% of the vote they are called a "minority" and teh political junk is voted on more evenly when a minority is involved.*those numbers are just examples*

[Brad]

I dont really understand that. lol.

Does each providence have a certain number of representatives??

Each Province (and Territory) has a specific number of members in the House of Representatives. These can be made up from any political party, and the one with the highest number is made the government leader. You can vote in your 'riding' for one of the candidates running there. That's it. You either choose the person you think will run your riding the best, or vote for the person whose party you want to win (hopefully the same, hopefully conservative ). Elections are done by midnight, all the votes are counted and we go home. None of this months of fighting bullshit.

If the ruling party controls more than 50% of the seats in the House, they have a majority government, and pretty much any decision they make goes ahead. If the ruling party controls 50% or less, they have a minority government, where any ideas will be up to the discretion of the other parties as well.

HOWEVER, on important issues, the ruling party in a minority government will consider it an 'of-confidence' vote. This means that if it fails to pass the House vote, the minority government will be declared in 'No-Confidence' and then we'll have another election. Some of the smaller groups want to prevent another election where they'd just lose again, so they side with the ruling party, and work still gets done.

[foogie]

in japan, the one thing they couldnt get over was that canada doesnt actually have snow all year round. we DO infact have summer.

[Black Flame]

I have a few question(s) for you candians. Do yall really live in igloos? I heard a few do depending on where you live.

I lol't.

in japan, the one thing they couldnt get over was that canada doesnt actually have snow all year round. we DO infact have summer.

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