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Pileon · 05-18-2005, 03:11 PM

I was following along with some of the comments in the Stronach thread and noted the ones about calls for proprtional representation. I tried googling to see what it was all about and found some good descriptions of how the vote is handled, but couldn't find anything about how legislation actually comes into being.

Assuming that under a PR system you would get something like the recent polls:Lib 35%, CPC 30%, NDP 20%, BQ 10%, Other 5%...

How do you decide who becomes the government and how is that any different than what we have right now?

In the above scenario, wouldn't the Lib still need the NDP to pass legislation? Would you then have to go to regularly scheduled elections so that you wouldn't have a minority situation where nothing gets done? If the number 1 party in a session can't get anything done, does the number 2 party get a shot at it?

Or would you have to come up with another level of goverment - senate??? - to act as a check and balance?

And would you be in a perpetual minority government situation? (How often do we see a political party get more than 50% of the vote?)

05-18-2005, 03:11 PM	#1
Pileon Backup Goalie Join Date: Sep 2004 Exp:	I was following along with some of the comments in the Stronach thread and noted the ones about calls for proprtional representation. I tried googling to see what it was all about and found some good descriptions of how the vote is handled, but couldn't find anything about how legislation actually comes into being. Assuming that under a PR system you would get something like the recent polls:Lib 35%, CPC 30%, NDP 20%, BQ 10%, Other 5%... How do you decide who becomes the government and how is that any different than what we have right now? In the above scenario, wouldn't the Lib still need the NDP to pass legislation? Would you then have to go to regularly scheduled elections so that you wouldn't have a minority situation where nothing gets done? If the number 1 party in a session can't get anything done, does the number 2 party get a shot at it? Or would you have to come up with another level of goverment - senate??? - to act as a check and balance? And would you be in a perpetual minority government situation? (How often do we see a political party get more than 50% of the vote?)