[tyleo]

That is just one side of the slippery slope though. Assuming we took this recommendation as a rule, it seems that a convoy of truckers could organize, shut down an economy, and force an election any time they disagreed with something. This does not seem like a recipe for effective government.

[throwawayay02]

No? It seems a recipe for a perfect government. Whenever X% of the population wants that much to throw down the government, that's probably a good time for a remodel.

Might not be as effective as a dictatorship or a oligarchy, sure, must a much better government to live under.

[NikolaNovak]

I mean, that's what elections and votes of no confidence are about. And we just HAD a fully democratic election, less than 6 months ago - which is as fresh at it gets in Canadian terms.

This is not necessarily the case where majority of population desire a federal government change, or even disagree with public health policies.

Just because these guys really Really REALLY want to "Fuck Trudeau", does not make it overall representative. And see my other post - majority of public health policy in Canada is at provincial level, including lockdowns, masks, and majority of other restrictions. Ontario & Alberta are under conservative governments. But some people just want to see things burn and will empathize with anything that goes in that direction :)

[salamandersauce]

How much of the population do you think is actively involved in the protests right now? We should bow down and throw away our government for 1% of angry people? 0.01%? This just sounds like a recipe for chaos. A middle school could topple the government by standing on Ambassador bridge just because they don't like today's lunch menu.

[AlexandrB]

It's not even a majority % of Canadian truckers in Ottawa. Let alone the population of Canada. This seems like a great way to establish a tyranny.

> Might not be as effective as a dictatorship or a oligarchy, sure, must a much better government to live under.

Oh, I see. That's what you're advocating for.

[Wolfenstein98k]

This would be ridiculous quickly. Imagine the protestors getting Trump to go to re-election within a week of the 2016 election.

Say Hillary won.

How long would it take the anti-Hillary side to shut things down long enough to get another election?

In a polarised partisan climate, you'd have weekly elections.

[ben_w]

For what value of X?

[rini17]

X is how much? 0.1%?