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Originally Posted by evman150
The Senate is a zoo, I'm glad they're doing something about that. But changing things electorally....I'm not a fan of.
Non-fixed election dates have worked for 140 years, why change now? Because it suits the Tories? It's not an issue I'm going to get emotional over, but it stinks of "USA". Im surprised Harper didn't set the date to be first Tuesday in November or whatever it is. Next thing you know he'll be switching to the electoral college.
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Holy overreaction batman, a lot of countries have fixed election dates. Why change now? Because the Liberals would never do it because it's not something that helps the governing party. Same with changing the system to a PR type system... it doesn't help the governing party. The governing party gets and stays in power because of the system... this way they'll stay in power in spite of it. The Liberals have been calling elections when it's good for them for a very long time. Instead of waiting until your polls are at an all-time high, it's nice to know that you HAVE to call an election whether you want to or not.