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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Agree to disagree. There is obviously corruption in Canada, but I believe there are more checks and balances to keep it, well, in check. Elections can be called at any time if confidence is lost and there are more than two parties for instance. I much prefer our system to their electoral college as well, I feel it gives the people more of a voice, though it's obviously not perfect. The senate is a prime example of something that doesn't work and isn't needed, but it's there just the same. I never said we were perfect.
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Canada has far FEWER checks and balances.
The US has a system designed to grind, when it comes to policy, with clear power to sthe executive branch and the legistlative branch. Then their legislative function is split between a sort of proportional representation, and a regional representation.
In Canada, if you have a majority, you have almost limitless power over BOTH the executive and the legislative. So Canada's like cabal of elites sitting in the Ottawa valley and parts of Quebec, who define so much of policy in Canada and have huge sway over who gets elected, have MUCH more power than any individual entity in the US.
So the corrupt little club at the centre of Canada's power structures are far, far worse than anything the US can serve up. As I said, at least their interests are relatively transparent. Canada's is much closer to a little oligarchy.