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Yes because Canada isn't invading any country that has large enough oil reserves to garner its interests.

What's the difference between the U.S. two party state and the Chinese one party state? One Party.

Yes that was the saddest plebiscite on the Nations' collective unintelligence in its entire history. It made the US the laughing stock of the world, and almost caused the world economy to collapse. Its nothing to be proud of. http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/X/_/bush_dailymirror_dumb_people.jpg Its a constitutional monarchy, which means the queens' power is almost limited to obscurity. That said I consider that power to even be too much as happened when her representative allowed the conservatives to prorogue the government, and stop the no confidence vote that would have had another election happen. In that there is not so much difference to what the Supreme Court did in Florida.

The U.S. Constitution in this case did not prevent tyranny. The weasels managed to get away with it despite it. The U.S. violates the world, especially after the Bush authoritarian government was installed by the Supreme Court. No, I've only voted in Canadian elections. The Queen is not democratically elected. The fact one un-elected head of state recognizes the legitimacy of another doesn't change the fact its still a non-elected Head of State.

Democratically elected? You just said the U.S. is not a democracy. But OK I'll agree there are democratic trappings in the system. It is possible to demoratically elect people and for them to overturn any sense of Democracy by appointing their ideologues to the Supreme Court, and for the Supreme Court to defeat any sense of democracy by not allowing a recount in a rigged election that comes down to 500 votes which would decide the fate of 310 million people and the world and that is what happened. Having fair elections isn't mob rule. Rigging elections is authoritarianism, which was not what the U.S. was designed to be.

I can't imagine how she ever could have become head of the party. All she's ever done other than being a career politician is having a radio show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Clark Very much like Sarah Palin and Ralph Klein.

The Supreme Court were stacked with Daddy's ideologues. In this case they acted like the mafia instead of Judicial Officials. The Supreme court was directly responsible for ending any sense of Democracy in the electoral system. That's why I chose my words carefully. I said sense of democracy, not implying that it was a democracy, only that there were democratic trappings in the electoral system until the 2000 Supreme Court turned the U.S. into an appointed Theocracy.

I've been voting for over a decade. Is arrogance a strictly conservative trait? I'd compare Berlusconi more with Mulroney.

Fletcher that response was hysterical and I've never voted NDP. Bush-Cheney 04 Bush's brother who was the governor of Florida rigged the election. When it came to a recount the Rs prevented a recount, because they knew the 500 vote margin in their favour was false. Preventing a recount is against Democracy. Sorry the Rs destroyed any last sense of U.S. democracy in that moment.

The Italian comment is assinine. What difference is Berlusconi's Conservatives to Harper's conservatives ruling with a minority government without proportional representation? Conservatives are skilled at divide and conquer. With a coalition government, at least Berlusconi's government cannot get away with carte blanche, they have to have the acceptance of other parties that they form a coalition with. In this sense its better with proportional representation since other parties can stop them from doing whatever they want. It would be much worse under a non proportional system in Italy. Since Berlusconi with the help of his corrupt crooks would no doubt design electoral ridings to maximize their numbers, which would allow them to get a majority government with a minority of the vote. Like the Republicans in the States did in 2000 allowing their unelected un-democratic leader to steal the election despite losing the popular vote. This is why conservatives hate the idea of proportional representation. They fear the demos being represented, and they fear true democracy.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Clark+face+cabinet+emergency+meeting+Sunday/8042358/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Clark+face+cabinet+emergency+meeting+Sunday/8042358/story.html

Done.

B.C. Premier Christie Clarke caught cynically trying to woo ethnic groups for votes with natural resources. Once again Clarke B.C.'s Sarah Palin desperately tries to use B.C.'s resources for her own political power, while at the same time she uses B.C. taxpayer funded commercials to serve as propaganda to prop up her ailing party through television. http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/01/christy-clark-launches-review-after-document-shows-liberals-planned-to-woo-ethnic-votes-with-b-c-resources/

B.C. Premier Christie Clarke caught cynically trying to woo ethnic groups for votes with natural resources. Once again Clarke B.C.'s Sarah Palin desperately tries to use B.C.'s resources for her own political power, while at the same time she uses B.C. taxpayer funded commercials to serve as propaganda to prop up her ailing party through television. http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/01/christy-clark-launches-review-after-document-shows-liberals-planned-to-woo-ethnic-votes-with-b-c-resources/

Bingo.

http://www.globalnews.ca/update+politicians+condemn+controversial+child+porn+remarks+made+by+wildrose+strategist/6442818539/story.html

Case in point why ridings without proportional representation can be used for the manipulation of election results. Its common practice in the States to design ridings by the demographics so that one's party gets more candidates elected. The same problem exists in Canada. http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2012/10/29/new-ridings-to-give-harper-conservatives-unfair-electoral-advantage/#.US_ekzehzYQ

That can be fixed in a proportional representational system where only the people with the most votes in their riding get accorded seats. That way the choice is not up to the party leader. The US two party system is terrible. Its only one party different than One Party China. Its not even close to a Democracy. Its a Plutocratic republican with only an illusion of real choice and where corporate nepotism is rife and endemic with the politicians paid off by lobbyists and major corporations.

“I certainly have no sympathy for child molesters, but I do have some grave doubts about putting people in jail because of their taste in pictures,” said Flanagan. “It’s a real issue of personal liberty and to what extent we put people in jail for doing something in which they do not harm another person.” http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/02/28/calgary-tom-flanagan-child-porn.html

"It on occasion appears to distorts the losers, but accurately reflects the winners. The government we have now got the most votes in the most number of ridings. It doesn't get any more egalitarian than that." Except only a minority of Canadians voted for that party and they are in power, and have been despite having consistent minorities prior.

The Liberal Party of B.C. who are very right wing (largely made up of former socreds) cynically put forward the referendum on STV in a way as to try to make people vote for them simply on their opposition to STV as nobody knew what it was. Unfortunately both parties in B.C. use B.C. taxpayer dollars to push their party's propaganda via television commercials.

Every time I've ever voted my last choice ends up ruling with a minority of the votes of Canadians. That's not democracy. That's an oligarchy using divide and conquer to maintain their power.

A real democracy is a system where the Demos (the people in Ancient Greek) wield power. In the current system we have a minority wielding power. That isn't a Democracy, its an Oligarchy a rule of the few in Ancient Greek. The way to fix this problem is by instituting proportional representation so that that Demos are wielding power, and thus we will have a True Democracy.

Which is worse Oil spills like took place in the Gulf of Mexico or building a windmill on a peat bog?