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welliwont:
Just another reason for the West to separate from Canada.  I wish they would.  Freakin' politics.  What a waste of money, one election after another.  The Conservatives won, and now less than two months later, the politicians want another election?!!  And now the politicians are off work for the next nine weeks?!!  I hate politics.

Kelda:
Really interesting Roland.. I had no idea about this.

Thanks for posting - partic for me since the Scottish Government - who I work for are a minority government currently.

The SNP won by only one seat against Labour in the May '07 election.

Scottish National Party    47 seats
Labour Party    46 seats
Conservative    17 seats
Liberal Democrats    16 seats
Scottish Green    2 seats
Other    1 seat

At the moment it works on a case by case basis whether other smalller parties work with SNP to get things through, and this so far is working.

We've always had a minority government (see stats below) but never to that extent. At the mo, SNP are pretty damn popular but things might move along the track to where you are at some point....

Does Canada use proportional representation in voting?





In '03:

Labour Party     50 seats
Scottish National Party    27 seats
Conservative & Unionists    18 seats
Liberal Democrats    17 seats
Green Party    7 seats
Scottish Socialist Party    6 seats
Others    4 seats

In '99:

Labour Party     56 seats
Scottish National Party    35 seats
Conservative & Unionists    18 seats
Liberal Democrats    17 seats
Others    3 seats

Sheriff Roland:
I am aware of 'Proportional Representation' as this was something that was suggested in a referendum in our last provincial election. It was voted down (33% in favor). I voted against it because I think it would cause even more minority government situations.

Of course, this country has been so fractured in the last little while that the last 4 elections have produced minority governments (two with Paul Martin's Liberals and two with Stephane Harper's Conservatives). The Green Party got 6% of the total votes in this last election but didn't get a single seat ... And furthermore, the people who would be selctedfor their party's % of the vote would have no responsability to the people in any one district - only to their own party.

I don't like fractured governments. Though I'm quite happy to not see a Conservative Majority Government.

The second Paul Martin minority government was subject to confidence votes on a monthly basis. He NEVER prorogued (suspended) parliament to delay a non-confidential vote. Harper's made history this week.

I think I'll be participating in the pro-coalition rally at Queen's Park tomorrow. Just because the Block Québecois is a seperatist party doesn't make them evil. Those members were elected to the House just as the Conservatives were.

Kelda:
Howd the rally go?

Yeah Proportional representaion does have that effect but actually certainly in Scotland its produced some really good bills & then laws as a result. The socalist party and green party have been been able to exert their power of votes over the other parties for exampl and in the last 2 terms before the SNP took over 99-07 the liberal democrats and labout came togtether and that saw things like abolition of tuition fees

Sheriff Roland:

--- Quote from: Kelda on December 06, 2008, 10:29:44 am ---Howd the rally go?

--- End quote ---

Wasted 2 hours.

I unfortunately went to the 'pro-Canada' (or anti-coalition) rally at Queen's Park.

Only learned, after the fact, that the pro-coalition rally had been held at City Hall.

I'm sure there'll be other opportunities.

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