Political Reform Idea

[Jersay]

Now, for a way to reform the system of government I have been thinking of an idea. It seems kind of cool and it is kind of different from the parlimentary system that we have now.

Now, what should take place is a general election with each leader of the political parties and such running for each others seats and such. I guess you would call it a Past-the-Post system.

Then after the election of the parliment, and the make-up of the parliment system.

An election takes place between all the leaders of the certain parties in the Canadian parliment. Unsure if it should be all parties that have seats, or all parties that are registered under Elections Canada.

This election period will be around about a two-week period where the leaders of all parties have debates and schedule stops with many Canadian cities.

Then the election is held, where the party leaders run and any party leader that gets 50% + of the vote gets to be the Prime Minister of Canada.

If their is no 50% + in the first vote, in the next two week period, the two leading candidates have a run off.

So, even if you might have a small party, the leader will have the chance to become the leader, and therefore his/her party would work with other parties to remain in power for the full madate, maximum of four years, or a shorter period.

Therefore to highlight;

Parlimentary election; where the parties will come up with so many seats in the parliment

Then popular vote for leaders; and if a politician doesn't get 50% + of the popular vote, then a run off takes place between the first two political leaders.

 

[FiveParadox]

I have some concerns here; under your proposed system, it could be possible for the Prime Minister to be from a party other than that of the governing party in the House of Commons; or, would the House not be governed, necessarily, by the Prime Minister's party?

If the governing party in the House of Commons were defeated, would the Prime Minister, too, be required to resign; or only if his or her party was also the governing party?

 

[FiveParadox]

Also, would the Prime Minister still be required to hold a seat in the House of Commons, or would someone else assuming the role of leading the party in Parliament? If the Prime Minister were not elected by a First-Past-the-Post riding, would he have any legitimacy in the House?

 

[Jersay]

I have some concerns here; under your proposed system, it could be possible for the Prime Minister to be from a party other than that of the governing party in the House of Commons; or, would the House not be governed, necessarily, by the Prime Minister's party?

If the governing party in the House of Commons were defeated, would the Prime Minister, too, be required to resign; or only if his or her party was also the governing party?

Well, I was thinking that the governing party would run and the Prime Minister would remain in power unless a vote of confidence was made against her or his leadership by the opposition parties.

 

[Jersay]

Also, would the Prime Minister still be required to hold a seat in the House of Commons, or would someone else assuming the role of leading the party in Parliament? If the Prime Minister were not elected by a First-Past-the-Post riding, would he have any legitimacy in the House?

In the past-the-post election of parliment section, the leaders of the parties would run for a seat in the parliment. Then when the parliment election is over and they have been elected to parliment, the leaders of these parties would run in the next step to find the Prime Minister of Canada through a popular vote.

 

[FiveParadox]

That isn't a bad idea; but if the governing party, rather than exclusively the Prime Minister, were defeated on a motion of non-confidence, then would the Prime Minister keep his or her seat and continue to lead, even if he or she belonged to the governing party?

And if the House of Commons dissolved due to the defeat of the Government, then wouldn't every Member lose their seat, including the Prime Minister, even if the motion was not against him or her?

 

[Jersay]

That isn't a bad idea; but if the governing party, rather than exclusively the Prime Minister, were defeated on a motion of non-confidence, then would the Prime Minister keep his or her seat and continue to lead, even if he or she belonged to the governing party?

And if the House of Commons dissolved due to the defeat of the Government, then wouldn't every Member lose their seat, including the Prime Minister, even if the motion was not against him or her?

Interesting post. I guess in that occurance the Prime Minister would lose their job until after the election.

Still working on it.

 

[FiveParadox]

If the Prime Minister were to lose the confidence of the House of Commons (the Prime Minister, as opposed to the Government as a whole), then would the Prime Minister be required to resign?

How would we determine a new Prime Minister? Would another election for the popular vote of leaders be held? What if the same person were re-elected, and again defeated on confidence?

Would the Governor General still reserve the power to appoint Prime Ministers at her own discretion during emergency situations or during unforeseen parliamentary circumstances?

 

[Jersay]

If the Prime Minister were to lose the confidence of the House of Commons (the Prime Minister, as opposed to the Government as a whole), then would the Prime Minister be required to resign?

Yes, he would have to resign.

How would we determine a new Prime Minister? Would another election for the popular vote of leaders be held? What if the same person were re-elected, and again defeated on confidence?

Got to work that out

Would the Governor General still reserve the power to appoint Prime Ministers at her own discretion during emergency situations or during unforeseen parliamentary circumstances?

Yes.

 

[I think not]

Dump the monarchy? :idea:

 

[Jay]

No.

 

[I think not]

I'll ask again when Prince Charles reigns.

 

[Jay]

That's a long, long way from now!!

 

[the caracal kid]

Dump the monarchy? :idea:

here here!!!!

dump them, and charge them!!!

no need to wait for the thought of chuck-bucks to enter the equation. their time has past.

 

[I think not]

Someone doesn't care for the monarchy me thinks

 

[Jersay]

So this idea is in its begining stage but I think it is interesting.

You have your parlimentary election and have your governing party, and then immediately after that election you have a popular vote for the Prime Minister of Canada between the leaders of all the parties.

So you would have the party that would run the country the best, and have the P.M that you like the most.