TRUDEAU'S 1982 constitution includes a list of documents that are part of the "Constitution of Canada" -- the "Sacred Text." They are "supreme" over other parts -- and usually hard to change. One of the biggest opportunities for "constitutional reform" in Canada is in our voting systems. All the provinces and the House of Commons use the "first past the post" system. Whoever gets the most votes (which is rarely a majority) in any riding wins. The result can be massive distortions between popular vote and seats actually won. A party can win 30 to 40 per cent of the vote in an election and wind up with no seats. A premium is placed on appealing to regional sentiment. The Bloc Québécois became the official opposition party by winning a large percentage in Quebec. The Reform party did the s...
It is an outrage that Winnipeg has no NHL team while other non-hockey markets, such as Nashville, which has roughly the same population as Hamilton, and Phoenix, have NHL teams. I cannot fathom what was going through the commissioner's mind when he decided to let the Jets move to Phoenix. Winnipeg has the best hockey fans in the world. They started the "White Out", they have always supported their teams and when the team was going to move, they still collected $5 million in a week to try and stop the transfer to Arizona. Now I know what you are going to say. "Winnipeg is a small market; they can't support an NHL franchise." There is an old saying: There are hockey cities and cities with hockey. This means that there can be a city with a raw population of two million people, like New Jer...
...CAMERON SMITH. Hamilton. A new voting system. Re: A pox on pluralities, May 8. Tom Oleson makes...
... for the assembly to assess electoral systems. These principles (1) would later form the basis o...
... referendum question: "Which electoral system should British Columbians use to elect members to ...
... fundamental changes to the electoral system. In particular, some propose that the Island shoul...
... is an essential element of the electoral system in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Z...
... for a fair, just and transparent parallel system of justice to meet the unique requirements of the ...
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