The Canadian Press: So as long as the members of the governing party all vote the same way, they can pass or reject any law because they have more than half the votes. The opposition parties, meanwhile, lose leverage against a majority government because they’re unlikely to change the outcome of a vote.
David Coletto, founder of the polling and market research firm Abacus Data, said for a minority government, every piece of legislation is a negotiation.
“You need opposition support, which means compromise and delay,” he said. “With a majority, the government passes what it wants on its own timeline.”…