Au Canada (Mock Parliament revival, sign-up and rules)

[Don Vito Corleone]

I would be more then willing to play as the Leader of the Liberal Party.

[Don Vito Corleone]

I would be more then willing to play as the Leader of the Liberal Party.

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Will Trudeau be being replaced or will you play as Trudeau?

I'll play as Trudeau.

[Don Vito Corleone]

(Answering this here to avoid disrupting gameplay with OOC commentary:

This minority is far too unstable. I go to the Governor-General and call for a fresh election.

OOC: I don’t think that’s how this works.

The possibility of an early election does exist within the structure of the game. Opposition parties may bring motions of no-confidence against the government, just as in real life, and parliament may be dissolved if the event the government fails to pass a budget. In a hung parliament, this means the opposition can force an early election by deliberately voting down the government's program; so by logical inference, the prime minister can request the dissolution of parliament (as otherwise, opposition parties would have an unfair advantage in budget negotiations).

I'll admit I didn't expect this option to be invoked so early in the game; I'll allow it this time for the sake of fairness, but in the future there may be restrictions on when an election may be called.

edit: As of this posting, parliament remains in session. The prime minister's request has been "provisionally granted" pending his completion of certain tasks assigned to him by the governor general; in the meantime, parties may act to prevent or bring on an early election as they see fit.

Am I still allowed to appoint people as ministers for certain cabinet ministries?

[Don Vito Corleone]

My personal schedule has been getting more and more busy recently, so I may have to quit.

[Don Vito Corleone]

My personal schedule has been getting more and more busy recently, so I may have to quit.

Yeah actually, I will have to quit.

[Don Vito Corleone]

I saw the Ontario result, and I'm like "Grits probably have got a landslide going on here"

Actually no, they aren't on course for a landslide, at least not yet. In the actual 2015 election the Liberals won 155 seats outside the West. In this game, with all but the Western Provinces in, the Liberals have 164 seats.

[Don Vito Corleone]

I kinda wanna play as Jim Prentice and do a Leadership coup against Scheer, but that would be a bit of dick move to xtransit, and my time constraints are still present, though much improved.