jbg Posted March 8, 2007 Report Posted March 8, 2007 May I point out that majority governments in Canada rarely get 50+% popular support? So, it doesn't matter whether you include the voters only or everyone in your calculations - the majority rarely elects the government in Canada. What do you expect when a province with 25% of the ridings has "opted out" of representation by national parties? Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Wilber Posted March 8, 2007 Report Posted March 8, 2007 May I point out that majority governments in Canada rarely get 50+% popular support? So, it doesn't matter whether you include the voters only or everyone in your calculations - the majority rarely elects the government in Canada. What do you expect when a province with 25% of the ridings has "opted out" of representation by national parties? That's a problem when you have a system that tries to give adequate representation to all regions instead of rep by pop. You have a party concentrated in one area that is dedicated to dismantling the country getting 51 seats with only 10.5 % of the popular vote and then you have a national party getting only 29 seats with almost 18% of the vote. Basically you can form a government by winning big in two regions as long as one of them is Ontario. It's a dilemma we are probably stuck with for the forseable future. Quote "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
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