Showing posts with label MMP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MMP. Show all posts
2022-05-25

Can Proportional Representation Save Our Parliamentary Democracy

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            Parliament - Etymology The English term is derived from Anglo-Norman and dates to the 14th century, coming from the 11th cen...
2022-04-13

Now Comes The Necessary Part Ontario Edition

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Nevertheless, and irrregardless of and notwithstanding that federal-provincial jurisdiction exists the actions that are necessary for the n...
2021-09-24

Now Comes The Necessary Part

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 We can argue all we want over whether the election was necessary but what is definitely necessary is the government tackling the pressing i...
2018-10-13

On Democracy

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What a better way to restart The Fifth Column than by a treatise on how to make our democracy actually democratic. Hopefully this will be...
2010-01-17

Prorogation - The Best Thing Stephen Harper Ever Did for Canadian Democracy

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If you believe that Stephen Harper's prorogations are part of the normal Parliamentary process then read this . If you believe nobody ca...
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2007-10-22

Why We Need FPTP

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As the FPTP supporters would tell us we need FPTP so that candidates are nominated democratically at the local level and not just put on a l...
2007-10-04

Perhaps the FPTP Supporters Have One Thing Right

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One of the biggest arguments of First Past the Post is that it is more efficient than Mixed Member Proportional. Perhaps they are right. Wit...
2007-09-28

The Two Faces Of MMP

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In our present FPTP system voters theoretically vote for local candidates. Indeed, that is one of the main arguments of the FPTP proponents....
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2007-09-25

The Big Lie About MMP

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The Big lie about MMP is that candidates on "the list" are somehow selected differently, and less democratically, than local candi...
2007-09-24

"First Past the Post" - Who Dreamed This Up

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I am referring, of course, not to the concept but to the term, which Wiktionary defines as "voting system where the candidate with the...
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2007-09-21

Vote for MMP

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While it may not have been my first choice I want to state that I unequivocally support voting for MMP in the Ontario referendum. After the...