It seems to be some problem with the Universal Thread; Michel said he will look after it. It just so happened that your post appeared twice too...
>I don't know what's with you today. Could you please stop that double posting. It's annoying.
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>>>>We are having a federal election today here in Canada. I expect only more of the same regardless of which party wins.
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>>>How many political parties do you have in Canada? I understand that in the United States, there are 2, sometimes 3 parties; here in Bolivia, in contrast - well, I have trouble keeping track, but I think it usuall fluctuates somewhere between 8 and 15 (some parties dissapearing, or at least not getting enough support to participate in the current campaign, and new parties appearing, all the time).
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>>We have a number of political parties - two major and check this out for a laugh!
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http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm>>
>>As you can see we have more than two parties! :)
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