Hussar
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Well, the system has never been representative to be fair. That 40% number has been around since day 1.
Yeah, I missed out the last election. I'm living overseas, so, wasn't paying attention too much the last time around.
Canadian Federal Elections, eh
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Well, the system has never been representative to be fair. That 40% number has been around since day 1.
Yeah, I missed out the last election. I'm living overseas, so, wasn't paying attention too much the last time around.
Kramodlog
Naked and living in a barrel
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Ryujin
Legend
"First Past the Post", for the most part, works. It means that you can elect a person who, theoretically, represents your regional interests in government. I don't see how that would be the case with proportional representation and, quite frankly, it makes me worry that there would be a Balkanization of politics in Canada. Ranked balloting makes more sense to me than does proportional representation. If you haven't been away too long then hopefully the previous government didn't manage to pull you ability to vote in Canadian Federal elections
As an aside your name wouldn't happen to be Chris, would it? a couple of years back, when I was active on the DPReview photography forum, there was a Canadian named Chris living in (IIRC) Fukuoka, who was on that board. Longshot, but thought that I'd ask.
First past the post is only good because it's easy to count. Pretty much every other system requires calculations, weights, or cross-referencing tables.
I'm a fan of ranking/preferential ballots, not proportional ballots. Better compromise to have 80% of people's second choice, than one that is 40%'s first but 60%'s last.
I'm a fan of ranking/preferential ballots, not proportional ballots. Better compromise to have 80% of people's second choice, than one that is 40%'s first but 60%'s last.
Kaodi
Hero
List candidates are dumb. It should be considered a serious failure of imagination that any system should need a list of candidates without regional attachment. At the very least if you wanted to go with something like MMP the candidates that fill out the ranks should be selected from those who got the highest number of votes without winning their regional seat, just with some cross-referencing function so that no province ended up with more than its fair share of candidates being sent to Parliament overall.
I favour something like Stephane Dion's system, which would have super districts with multiple seats assigned to them and balanced internally. So everyone would still be a representative of their district, but the districts would be bigger overall.
I favour something like Stephane Dion's system, which would have super districts with multiple seats assigned to them and balanced internally. So everyone would still be a representative of their district, but the districts would be bigger overall.
Hussar
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"First Past the Post", for the most part, works. It means that you can elect a person who, theoretically, represents your regional interests in government. I don't see how that would be the case with proportional representation and, quite frankly, it makes me worry that there would be a Balkanization of politics in Canada. Ranked balloting makes more sense to me than does proportional representation. If you haven't been away too long then hopefully the previous government didn't manage to pull you ability to vote in Canadian Federal elections
As an aside your name wouldn't happen to be Chris, would it? a couple of years back, when I was active on the DPReview photography forum, there was a Canadian named Chris living in (IIRC) Fukuoka, who was on that board. Longshot, but thought that I'd ask.
Sorry, nope, not me. I'm actually in Kanda, not Fukuoka.
Been out of Canada for about 20 years now, so, voting hasn't really been a priority.
Ryujin
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Sorry, nope, not me. I'm actually in Kanda, not Fukuoka.
Well it was worth asking. He was a damned good photographer and posted lots of shots from his day-to-day life
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