Minority Government Cooperation

The elbows up cult is ruining cooperation in Parliament

By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor  In a minority government, cooperation with other parties is essential to ensure stability and unnecessary elections. Budget votes are where this cooperation becomes non-negotiable, as they are confidence votes. Which means if a majority of members of Parliament do not agree on the budget, it would lose the confidence of Parliament, thus triggering an early election. Thanks to the affirmative vote from Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and several abstentions from various members of Parliament, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government narrowly survived a confidence vote by passing its budget. However the events preceding this vote…

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