Hear, hear, John.

daylia, if I misunderstood you, I apologize. I suppose I reacted more to what you have said in the past about homosexuality than to anything you said in this thread.

The US is also not a democracy- it is a republic with some democratic features and precedents.

My phrasing may have been unfortunate. I actually meant: "Do Canadians vote? If so, can't Canadian voters replace one political party with another?"