Confederation was a practical affair, spurred mainly by a handful of regional goals, in particular a desire to keep out the Americans. Getting the deal done required two of the signees — Ontario and Quebec — dangling a bunch of promises before the other two — Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A railfrom Halifax to Quebec, the assumption of various debts, rosy forecasts of trade and revenue benefits to be had.
called The Representation Formula, which about 12 people have ever heard of and only half of them understand, then, jeez, it must be OK.Article content Except, of course, this being the country of compromise, it’s perfectly OK in a completely unfair way. It’s a process whose real aim is not to correct disparities, but to cement them in place.
It’s a goal that was set from the beginning. The presiding sentiment of Confederation was, as usual, regional distrust. The Maritime representatives didn’t trust the two bigger and more populous provinces, so arrangements were made to ensure the legislatures of the distant future would abide by the parochial parameters of 1867. These were picked up and amplified by the Canadian Constitution.
IN ALL GOVERNMENTS!!!!! Wake UP
Unfairness? Financial perk$ afforded official parties requires 15 seats. Mulroney left the party with 2 seats, and Mackay brokered a 'deal' to import 'counterfeit conservatives' to retain 'official party financial perk$'. . a breach of Parliamentary rules by the Conservatives.
Kelly Mc Parland- 'Bring Back Gerrymandering' Check your head!
Yes because the biggest provinces are just so weak. 4 seats in PEI doesn't give it much power in the country give me a break. Ontario an Quebec used to be a strip of land much smaller than today. They grew exponentially and every new province given a large area. Not the Martimes
The Martimes were in better financial shape than the Canadas in 1867. Don't pretend you did us a favour. 'Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A rail line from Halifax to Quebec, the assumption of various debts, rosy forecasts of trade and revenue benefits to be had.'
If not an elected equal Senate, then term limits! Get rid of career politicians!
Unfairness can be cured! Give the Senate some teeth! Elect two only from each province, give them the power to reject bills from Commons! We in the west will then have some power!
Call up a map and see a sea of blue. Are you suggesting seats be based on land area instead of population? You sound like Donald Trump who proudly showed a map of the USA almost all red. While our system is not perfect, a big chunk of Canadians live in Toronto, Montreal.
If you look at 4 largest provinces, Alberta, Ontario and BC has 120 thousand residents per seat and Quebec 110 thousand residents, it sure seems unfair
The British Parliamentary System.
so, what's your solution?
He just explained FreetheWest .
Rural is over represented
This article makes some good points. Why does it need to add all this propaganda about people living in cities being key to elections. Most Canadians(people) live in cities. Democracy counts people, not land. End.
I admire British Tory’s tradition booting out their leaders. Comparing Canadian politics, as long as MP choose their party leaders, they are no longer exists. You can’t hear them. Voters choose their MP to represent them, instead MPs are loyal to the leaders, not who vote them,
congenital and incurable is what happens when are in an endless cycle of going from conservatives, to liberals, and back to conservatives repeating often.
So this is how Conservatives are trying to copy Trump's undermining of trust in democratic institutions? Fine. Yes, let's redo Canada's riding map to make them all equal sized populations and bring in proportional representation, the Cons will never form government again.
Wtf Quebec gets 7 more seats!?
And that’s the reason Justin loses the popular vote, but it doesn’t matter. Justin is ruling with 30% support as the majority have lost confidence in his leadership. So as Justin calls for Hockey Canada execs to resign because as he says Canadians have lost confidence, he stays.
Oh, it can be cured. Dodnt kid yourself on that. The next decade will be spent on revamping all tge rules for civil serants. There will be no loopholes like this again
An excellent piece on rigged Canadian elections by KellyMcParland 'Without Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and parts of Vancouver the Liberals would be an afterthought, spoiling away on opposition benches and wondering why so much of the country dislikes them'
What are the implications if Ontario and Quebec each got as many seats per capita as Alberta? Ontario would lose 8 seats and Quebec would lose 12.
Canada needs massive reform. The whole idea of voting for the party instead of the individual is, in this age, stupid. People will vote liberal but for someone besides Trudeau as an example. Love it or not but America at least puts the individual on the ballot...
No point to Parliament. Every vote of any importance is whipped, so there is zero ‘representation’ offered by votes. We elect a four year term dictator. Back room never seen people decide everything. And the rest is populist bullshit infotainment.
What is this? Kindergarten? How come he got a cookie and I didn't?
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