I have lived in this great country for 75 years under 13 different prime ministers and I can say without hesitation there was never IMO any difference living under one party in power and another...we are a left of centre country...except for Alberta and Saskatchewan...we don't have the type of checks and balances you have through your legislative/executive/judicial structure but Canadians have no problem with minority governments (we've had a few)which force opposing political philosophies to work with each other for the good of the people...we will however brutally reject corruption and those who step too far away from the centre (left or right). Of all the prime ministers, the only one I couldn't fathom was Harper...he was just a mean s.o.b. ..I guess what I am saying is there is not the same vitriol in our politics IMO...I think the referendums on Quebec leaving Canada forced us to deal with the potential destruction of our country and in many respects, that was a good thing because it forced us to pay attention to what it actually meant to be a country.

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