christer sands -- christopher sands, our guest today. c-span plans to air the results right here c-span.org on c-span, on c-span.org -- right here on c-span, on c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. when will we have the results? guest: polls are open for 12 hours in every jurisdiction, but over the years, because of the internet and whatnot, the concern has been they need to close the polls earlier on the west coast so that people don't give up, i guess, if their favorite party isn't doing well as it comes to the east coast. 85% of the seats in the house of commons, which are all of the seats that are up today, 85% of them are in just four provinces, quebec, ontario, british columbia, and alberta. any people in the smaller provinces feel like a rounding error or an afterthought. but we are dealing with a situation here where we have a minority government. this current government has 155 seats out of the 338. 170 would be a majority, and that would allow them to have a fairly good, free hand to run the country. but with 155, on e

host: joining us this morning is christopher sands, the canada institute director for the wilson center, here to talk about the elections in canada today. first of all, explain, what is the snap election, and why is it happening? guest: thanks very much, and good morning. a snap election occurs when the prime minister decides to have an election and

christer sands -- christopher sands, our guest today.n plans to air the results right here c-span.org on c-span, on c-span.org -- right here on c-span, on c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. when will we have the results? guest: polls are open for 12 hours in every jurisdiction, but over the years, because of the internet and whatnot, the concern has been they need to close the polls earlier on the west coast so that people don't give up, i guess, if their favorite party isn't doing well as it comes to the east coast. 85% of the seats in the house of commons, which are all of the seats that are up today, 85% of them are in just four provinces, quebec, ontario, british columbia, and alberta. any people in the smaller provinces feel like a rounding error or an afterthought. but we are dealing with a situation here where we have a minority government. this current government has 155 seats out of the 338. 170 would be a majority, and that would allow them to have a fairly good, free hand to run the country. but with 155, on every m

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