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| | Canadian election system unlike U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Unlike elections in the United States, Canadian elections can happen at almost any time, and a prime minister can serve as long as his political party is in power. |
 | | The last election was about three and a half years ago, Beach said, and current Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has not waited four years because the new political party, the Canadian Alliance, has just elected a new leader, Stockwell Day. |
 | | Political parties gain control of the House of Commons, which is roughly equal to America’s Congress, by being elected as members of parliament by voters in their ridings. |
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