Poilievre calls for law to block long ballot protests ahead of Alberta byelection
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The only reason the seat is vacant is because they wanted to give PP another chance. Without that, they still have their MP.
In this case but people vacate for numerous reasons
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No it wasn’t. He wanted to open up more PR and family reunification so the elderly can come into our already failed healthcare system.
Its basically the only issue I voted on.
Under assumption you voted for PP, the guy that wanted to give all Indian nationals Canadian citizenship if requested
I feel like you don’t actually know what you voted for
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I call for Polievre to go fuck himself!
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In this case but people vacate for numerous reasons
Sure. Then you run the election and if anybody else in the area wants to run in the same party as the person who left then the party can put them on the ballot. If not, then no candidate for that party. Don’t drop somebody in from elsewhere. Pretty simple. Just pick a time period that a person needs to have lived in a riding (say, one full election cycle) before running to represent the area.
If the person wins the election and moves (other than to government housing in Ottawa so they can do their job) then they give up their seat.
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In this case but people vacate for numerous reasons
To add on to this, unless we enact political slavery, which while it might sound fun is not likely to make politicians who are subject to it vote in the best interests of the country, then politicians are going to be able to leave their positions at any time anyways, so a by-election is the only reasonable way to ensure the constituents of their riding are properly represented. And if you put some kind of significant delay before people can run in a by-election keep in mind this one is already going to be about 6 months since the last one, and that becomes less of an impediment the richer you are, meaning it gives an advantage to wealthy parachute politicians with no real benefit to citizens.
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Well, in theory it could be an issue if there were three John Smiths or something all running as independents, but to my knowledge even these extra-long ballots have not produced an example of that yet.
That issue can be solved by means other than saying, “Sorry, there’s already a John Smith on the list, try again next year.” Let’s focus on the real problems.
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He is not Quebecois, he does not even speak French with a Quebecois accent.
No. But his name is french, and that would be enough for uneducated Albertans. That’s the joke.
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Under assumption you voted for PP, the guy that wanted to give all Indian nationals Canadian citizenship if requested
I feel like you don’t actually know what you voted for
If you read their plans his was tying immigration to housing, what else is more sane than that.
He could be lying, but the other two parties plan were more of the same.
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If you read their plans his was tying immigration to housing, what else is more sane than that.
He could be lying, but the other two parties plan were more of the same.
No, his housing plan was to stop federal funding transfers to municipalities that didn’t increase their population by 5% per year
Again, tying immigration to housing funding was the NDP
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How about we change it so you have to LIVE in the riding you’re running in?
For a year, you know, to establish yourself there
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The Longest Ballot Committee is also seeking a change to the electoral system.
It wants a citizens’ assembly put in charge of crafting a new electoral system, and argues that political parties are reluctant to make the government more representative of a diverse electorate.
This is a good thing to fight for. PP’s whingy excuse is not.
I agree, it’s a hard problem to solve because the people who get into power with the current system have the least incentive to change it.
