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Originally Posted by DJones
As I said, use a different electoral system. Pick one out of a hat among developed countries. It would be better than ours. Plenty of lists of democracies out there if you want to read up on them.
I have zero interest in having all decision making being done by what Ontario decided they were in the mood for once every 5 years. Having this system in a country this big and diverse is absurd.
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The perception that Ontario runs the whole system is in part because Alberta has prove to be politically useless to ether the Conservatives or Liberals.
I've said this too many times to count, but why would the Liberals ever spend any political capital on Alberta when they know we'll never vote for them?
Why would the Conservatives ever spend any political capital on Alberta when they know we will always vote for them?
Outside of population size, the reason other provinces have more sway than Alberta is because their votes are up for grabs.
What happens when the Liberals piss off Quebec and Alberta? Quebec and Alberta volte Conservative in the next election.
What happens with the Conservatives piss off Quebec and Alberta? Quebec votes liberal, and Alberta votes Conservative in the next election.
If Alberta is irrelevant to Federal politics, it's because we've voted ourselves into irrelevancy.