Category: Thomas Mulcair
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It looks like Canada is headed for a Liberal minority government
There are still two weeks remaining until the election. That means that any and all predictions and polls are subject to change. But, at the moment, it looks like Justin Trudeau will be the next Prime Minister of Canada. Éric Grenier’s CBC Poll Tracker still shows a slight seat advantage for the Conservatives. As of…
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Democratic reform is needed but the solution is preferential balloting, not proportional representation
Tomorrow Canadian MPs will vote on a democratic reform bill from the NDP. The non-binding bill would endorse a system of ‘mixed member proportional representation’ at the federal level. Proportional representation is a system that bases the number of seats in Parliament on the percentage of the vote. A party that got 25% of the…
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Government Transparency: So far Justin Trudeau has my vote
I tend to be very ‘left leaning’ and haven’t always been a big fan of the Liberals, but for the last year or so Justin Trudeau has continued to shine while Thomas Mulcair seems primarily interested in Thomas Mulcair. I have been apprehensive about Mulcair from the start and his recent actions haven’t eased my…
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My ideal electoral system and how the current one could be vastly improved tomorrow.
This is going to be divided into two sections. First I will describe what, I think would be, an ideal electoral system and then I will describe one thing that could be done right now, by Parliament, that would vastly improve the system, without the need for constitutional change, voting reform or a referendum. So if…