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Originally Posted by SebC
Ultimately, that's the system I'd like to see in Canada, but it's probably a pipe dream.
What I actually see happening is GG prorogues parliament until the budget, budget gets defeated and the coalition is allowed to stand. I don't think we can go to an election when there is an alternative coalition waiting in the wings. Once again, the fact that that coalition does not include the largest party does not make it undemocratic in any way, shape or form. And again, that doesn't mean I support it, because I think ethically they should go back to the electorate for a mandate having deviated so far from their election platforms.
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Nice work, but it is a pipe dream. Far too much thought for the voters to rank x number of candidates when they barely recognize the names of the candidates for the 3 major parties. There would be far too many independants in each riding, who will be unknowns and really a waste of time to knock them off one at a time. And if you don't rank all candidates on your card...is it a spoiled ballot?
And as for the multiple MP's per area...I assume that area would be larger (say all of Calgary as one region).
In both cases, would results be any different? Possibly in some areas where races were tight, you'd get 4 Conservatives and 1 Liberal in an area as opposed to 5 Conservatives in 5 nearby ridings as it is currently, an area, but on the whole I don't think the overall results would be that different.
The major parties don't want this...the whole issue that put this mess on the front burner was the Conservatives pulling the $ per vote scheme. Further fractionalizing the vote to basically independant people will mean less $ for the major parties.
As for your second part, the fact that the Liberals and Dion blew thier big shot tonight may have more dramatic effects then the tight rope walking they were trying to carry out the last few days...with infighting already started, can they last another 6 weeks without internal party, or coalition, bickering, tearing this all wide open? If it goes until budget time, can they really deliver a budget/stimulus package (which is clearly the root of the argument and should be unvield to compare apples with apples) that is clearly head and shoulders above the Conservatives, in every way? If not, peple will stick with the current government then go with the coaltion made up of backroom deals....but I really don't think it even gets to that...somehow, and rightfully so, it gets tossed back to the Canadian people to decide.