Oh, and, the reason for fixed election dates is so that the choice of when to call an election is no longer to the advantage of the governing party, in the sense of, "Hmm, the polls look good for us, let's call an election now to insure a reelection."

As for the food quality (are you talking about Listeria?), I fail to see how the government is responsible for this. Yes, public service is responsible for quality control but that's not a job for the Party In Power, because the public servants are the same people no matter who's in charge at the top.

There's also the issue of the Feds being blamed for not doing anything to fix what's actually provincial jurisdiction (education and medicine, for example), but that's a discussion for another time.