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Originally posted by nanofever
Also, if scandals did occur in the Liberal why didn't the PM (Miller ?) step down? Isn't it customary in a Parli system from the PM to step-down when scandals occur?
Also, can a Canadian explain how the Liberal/Conservative scale in Canada relates to the American scale?
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Cretien was PM during the scandals. When he stepped down, Paul Martin was acclaimed leader of the Liberals and therefore the PM.
As for stepping down in general... no it isn't customary at all. When you have a majority government like Cretien did, you just tell everyone to fuck off and you get on with governing...