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Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by SECProto on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:25PM (#30341332)
> For what it's worth, Trudeau lost the popular vote last year.

For what it's worth: no he didn't, he got 50.3% of the vote[1]. We don't directly elect prime ministers in Canada.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papineau_(electoral_district)#...

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Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by rasz on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:33PM (#30341395)
50% in a tiny district, 33% whole Canada.
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Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act by SECProto on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:37PM (#30341967)
My comment was a nitpick about how the Canadian electoral system works: no one outside of that particular riding voted for Justin Trudeau, they only voted for their own member of parliament.
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