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On 17 Jan 2026, Matt Munson said the following...

 MM> 
 MM> In a parlimentary system you need a number of seats to form a
 MM> government. If you have less than required to form a government you need
 MM> to have another party to team up with you. So in Canada, the Liberal
 MM> Party teams up with the NDP. But in this term of the government, the NDP
 MM> does not really want to be active colliation partners. 172 seats is
 MM> required for a majority. They only have 170. So the Liberal Party is
 MM> running under a minority government right now. --- SBBSecho 3.34-Linux
 MM> 

You did a better job explaining it than I did

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