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View Poll Results: Who will you be voting for in the upcoming Canadian Federal Election?
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Liberal
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Conservative
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I don't plan on voting in this election (please explain)
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January 21st, 2006, 04:39 AM
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
Go minority government!
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January 22nd, 2006, 09:56 AM
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
When I looked at Elections Canada website to find election information, I see the list of registered political parties. I'm surprised to see some of these parties that I have never heard of.
Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada
Bloc Québécois
Canadian Action Party
Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Communist Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
First Peoples National Party of Canada
Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
Libertarian Party of Canada
Marijuana Party
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
New Democratic Party
Progressive Canadian Party
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January 22nd, 2006, 12:12 PM
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
You never heard of the bloc?
They won a significan number of seats last time.
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January 22nd, 2006, 07:48 PM
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
I think he just listed all the registered parties, SJ... I don't know much about Canadian politics, but I do know that some of those (Bloc, Conservatives, Greens, Liberals, and NDP) are pretty fairly well known... 
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
Ah, that makes sense.  I see the other biggies there too.
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January 22nd, 2006, 11:32 PM
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
I nominate citizan Sucide Junkie for EMPEROR of Canada!
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January 23rd, 2006, 12:13 AM
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
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I nominate citizen Sucide Junkie for EMPEROR of Canada!
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
Well, looking pretty good! Conservatives have a minority, and while I would have preferred a Conservative majority, it could have been worse. Too bad a ^#@$*( NDP got in in my riding...  
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
I'd like to see the following to make us some nice representaional government without too many changes needed:
- All candidates with over 5% of the vote "win" in the riding.
- If you have X% of the popular vote in your riding, you get X% of a vote in parliament.
- If you have X% of the popular vote in your riding, you also get X% of the normal salary.
- In order to keep the physical number of chairs from ballooning, the candidates could jointly pick someone to go in their place, and/or telepresence in via the good old internet when nessesary.
Note that spoiled ballots, no-shows and other failed votes would count against the percentages.
This will both encourage people to vote, and encourage the politicians to encourage the people to vote. And it will encourage them to try hard even in ridings they would have a majority in.
The best part is, your vote will count even if your candidate dosen't come in first, and even if your candidate wins by a large margin.
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What do you think?
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Re: OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23
Interesting system SJ, but probably a little too much for most normal people to understand.
I'm just glad it wasn't a Conservative majority, and in 2 years or so I'm sure they'll work themselves out of gov't. |
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