The constitution does not fix the size of the House of Commons, which is re-adjusted every ten years after a census. The House has 308 seats assigned to the provinces based on their populations. However, the "senatorial clause" guarantees each province at least as many Members of Parliament as senators. Furthermore, the "grandfather clause" guarantees each province at least as many Members of Parliament as it had in 1976 or in 1985. Because of these two clauses, the size of the House of Commons exceeds the minimum (282). At present, the House includes 308 members.
I don't like Dion. He is not well-spoken and having osmeone like him at the head of my country would make me feel foolish to be living here. I would be disgraced to call my self a Canadian.
I don't positively love Harper, but I still believe he is the best choice of all of them, except for Jack Layton, who would be a well-spoken, charismatic, intelligent leader. If only he chose the right party.
anything near equal representation would be nice, frankly
and, just to make myself clear, I am not trying to get canada to be more conservative. I just want the west, and alberta in particular, to stop using alienation as a reason to have the same party in power for 70 years
I understand what you mean. I think more regional representation is needed, but the Senate is where that's supposed to come into play, so I think that Senate reform would be a better step, rather than changing the voting rules for the House of Commons.
Also, I was born in Saskatchewn, and live in Alberta, so I get the Western Alienation thing.
You could always do it the American way-- representation according to arbitrarily drawn state lines, which means that the 2 senators from California together represent 36 million people, while the 2 senators for South Dakota represent 700,000 people, .
I've lived in all four of Canada's western provinces.
That makes me the alienist.
Yeah, well in the course of an elevator trip in Toronto I managed to piss off everyone from all different regions of Ontario through a series of misplaced jokes. Oh, and a dude from Quebec.
I have no idea what is going on but it sounds like a bad time.
The last thing any country needs right now is an unstable government.
I'm fine here in Alberta because lots of people still have money and jobs are easy to find, but I still don't want the rest of the country to go down the shithole.
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oh so its just quebec-style whining
ok
I don't positively love Harper, but I still believe he is the best choice of all of them, except for Jack Layton, who would be a well-spoken, charismatic, intelligent leader. If only he chose the right party.
and representation according to population is fine until you have a country with 10 provinces where 2 of them control the mandate for the country
Representation by oil reserves?
and, just to make myself clear, I am not trying to get canada to be more conservative. I just want the west, and alberta in particular, to stop using alienation as a reason to have the same party in power for 70 years
The more trees you cut down, the more votes you get.
It will cause a surge in the forestry industry, and employ lots of people!
Also, I was born in Saskatchewn, and live in Alberta, so I get the Western Alienation thing.
You could always do it the American way-- representation according to arbitrarily drawn state lines, which means that the 2 senators from California together represent 36 million people, while the 2 senators for South Dakota represent 700,000 people, .
That makes me the alienist.
At least you aren't arguing about dudes sticking it in each other's butts as a major piece of national legislative concern, .
Yeah, well in the course of an elevator trip in Toronto I managed to piss off everyone from all different regions of Ontario through a series of misplaced jokes. Oh, and a dude from Quebec.
what's funny is that even ontario is whining about representation
everyone whines about the federal government not giving them enough money
Hilariously, it's Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland & Labrador that are the have provinces.
Going to be seeing a lot of big trucks for sale, soon.
not even the rigs would hire them
The last thing any country needs right now is an unstable government.
I'm fine here in Alberta because lots of people still have money and jobs are easy to find, but I still don't want the rest of the country to go down the shithole.
ours are too dignified and stately
So it's like comparing Ted DiBiase to Steve Austin?
it's like choosing between cat and dog poop for dinner
Dion explains why Harper sucks and the Coalition rocks.
Layton also explains why Harper sucks and speaks robot French.
Dueceppe says uuuuuuuh and rambles a bunch.