[fvc-wat-announce] Fwd: [FairVoteCanada] Minister John Baird Embarrassed in Amman Jordan by questions related to Canadian domestic and international policy

[Sharon Sommerville]

Hello Everyone,

This is an short and interesting article in which John Baird neatly
illustrates Canadian democratic issues during a press conference in Jordan.
Thought it might be of interest to you.

It will make yet another interesting topic for discussion at tonight's pub
night.   Hope to see you at the Duke of Wellington this evening!

Kind regards,

Sharon

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sharon Sommerville <sharonsommerville at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [FairVoteCanada] Minister John Baird Embarrassed in Amman
Jordan by questions related to Canadian domestic and international policy
To: FairVoteCanada at yahoogroups.com


Thank you for sharing this article, Gary.  The Jordanian press got it
right, refreshing to see the media doing it's job.  I will pass this
article on to our chapter announcement list.

Sharon


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Gary Dale <garydale at rogers.com> wrote:

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> An interesting story that I don't expect to see in the mainstream news. It
> begins with "A reporter from the Jordan Times asked Minister John Baird
> if Canada was governed by a coalition government.  Baird  explained that
> there was not a tradition of coalition governments in Canada, and that the
> Harper Conservatives, with  38% of the national vote, had elected the
> majority of seats in Parliament, and now have  a stable majority. The
>  reporter asked a supplemental question for clarification because he
> thought that he had  misunderstood Minister Baird. He asked: “How is it
> possible that you could have a majority government with only 38% of the
> popular vote?” Baird was taken aback because he was not prepared for
> questions about Canada’s quirky Westminster electoral system; he had come
> to discuss Syria and increase trade with Jordan."
>
> You can read the full story at:
> http://pejnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9056%3Aminister-john-baird-embarrassed-in-amman-jordan-by-questions-related-to-canadian-domestic-and-international-policy&catid=74%3Aijustice-news&Itemid=216
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