Andrew Scheer Is Killing the Conservative Brand

IdRatherBeSkiing

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Don't forget- that piece of "arctic tundra" may comprise 300,000 square miles and is sitting on more resources than the entire city of Toronto. While it's important to tie electoral strength to population, population shouldn't be the sole factor. NU, N.W.T. and Yukon comprise half the area of Canada but account for less than 1% of the seats! I don't think that's right. Our entire frontier with Russia is located there, not to mention an entire ocean.

So land should be voting rather than voters? How will this 300,000 square miles vote? And if you say the people on this land vote that means people who live there have a more valuable vote than people who live elsewhere. 1 person, 1 vote. Any non-stupid voting system will start with that premise.
 

JLM

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So land should be voting rather than voters? How will this 300,000 square miles vote? And if you say the people on this land vote that means people who live there have a more valuable vote than people who live elsewhere. 1 person, 1 vote. Any non-stupid voting system will start with that premise.


"Start" could be an operative word. Would a combination of population and land area work? I would guess the reverse of that is the formula in P.E.I.
 

Danbones

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The hell with voting, lets go with something reliable
:)
like coin tosses

RIGHT 50% of the time!!!
Oh Joy!...can you imagine!
 

taxslave

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Born ain't got nothing to do with it.

When asked whether he thought Canada was "better served when there are more Quebecers in charge than Albertans," Trudeau replied, "I'm a Liberal, so of course I think so, yes. Certainly when we look at the great prime ministers of the 20th century, those that really stood the test of time, they were MPs from Quebec. There was Trudeau, there was Mulroney, there was Chrétien, there was Paul Martin. We have a role. This country, Canada, it belongs to us."

The five worst in history.
 

taxslave

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So land should be voting rather than voters? How will this 300,000 square miles vote? And if you say the people on this land vote that means people who live there have a more valuable vote than people who live elsewhere. 1 person, 1 vote. Any non-stupid voting system will start with that premise.

That only works when the population is more or less equal. Also we are not talking about changing how our representatives get elected, only how their power in the commons is applied. WE have a big divide between city and rural areas and rural areas do not have the representation required to have their needs delt with.
Many regional districts have weighted votes to cut down on the number of people at the table so it is not much different.
 

JamesBondo

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Most people look at the leader and vote for the local candidate based on the platform that the leader communicates.

That's why we need to move to proportional representation.

Spoken like a true liberal that voted for nice hair and selfies.

A conservative looks at policy.
 

Danbones

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Maybe you should lay off the crack, Bubbles.

..and there is Mental Floss batting (and PUBLISHED forever on the internets!) ZERO
;)
how does that feel?

Except when it's Hillary v Bernie.
Then you win 100% of the time. :)

That's when you utilize the "toss" part of "coin toss"
;)
and then you get to keep the coin.

ArtHILLARY, lol
:)
get it?
(bern is what you do to the match that lights the fuse)

That only works when the population is more or less equal. Also we are not talking about changing how our representatives get elected, only how their power in the commons is applied. WE have a big divide between city and rural areas and rural areas do not have the representation required to have their needs delt with.
Many regional districts have weighted votes to cut down on the number of people at the table so it is not much different.

Does the land produce more wealth then fields, farms, villages, towns, suburbs, or downtowns?
Not having the vote power allows corporations to rule as special interests in those far (from Ottawa) lands...where there is no one to hear you scream...a lot of people suffer because of that.
 

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taxslave

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..and there is Mental Floss batting (and PUBLISHED forever on the internets!) ZERO
;)
how does that feel?



That's when you utilize the "toss" part of "coin toss"
;)
and then you get to keep the coin.

ArtHILLARY, lol
:)
get it?
(bern is what you do to the match that lights the fuse)



Does the land produce more wealth then fields, farms, villages, towns, suburbs, or downtowns?
Not having the vote power allows corporations to rule as special interests in those far (from Ottawa) lands...where there is no one to hear you scream...a lot of people suffer because of that.

Most farm land is in rural areas as well. It is more about economy than anything. Stupid city MPs passed a law banning tanker traffic off the west coast which has zero impact on them but has a profound negative impact on all of Northern BC. Or our retarded gun laws that were passed to mollify a few hysterical citiots but have no basis in reality and added cost and potentially makes criminals out of rural people for whom rifles are a tool.