tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post2490974723792461855..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Democracy is too expensive is a poor argumentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-26620202556526927112011-11-17T16:44:00.546-05:002011-11-17T16:44:00.546-05:00Rat it makes no sense whatsoever to bitch about va...Rat it makes no sense whatsoever to bitch about various provinces being underrepresented in the House and then call for the senate to be Reformed. The current senate is not a problem for the simple reason that lacks legitimacy and thus real power. It rubber stamps bills; it is complete waste of money not affront to democracy. Harper and Mr Brown want to change that. They want to give the senate real power! Under Harper's plan New Brunswick will have 10 senators and BC 6. Under Brown's plan PEI will have same number of senators as BC. <br /><br />Say after me Rat. The House should be representative and the senate abolished. If you believe in rep by pop, that is the position you must take.Kobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407275645274060038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-56652383490076004662011-11-17T11:24:44.630-05:002011-11-17T11:24:44.630-05:00Yes, the bad Conservatives are giving Quebe exactl...Yes, the bad Conservatives are giving Quebe <i>exactly</i> the representation they deserve while leaving BC, Alta, and Ont below that. It sucks but it beats the hell out of what the Libs and NDP are proposing. As for the Senate, It's a joke and massively unrepresentative. Maybe the only way to reform it is to screw it up so badly that even @ssholes like Quebec and the minnows in the maritimes realize we should just abolish the damn thing. Until then we are just perpetuating an awful and unfair system locked in to a 1910 configuration. Me, I'd rather do something about it.The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-69296351796099065672011-11-16T19:17:18.426-05:002011-11-16T19:17:18.426-05:00Rat. The Conservative formula is premised on Queb...Rat. The Conservative formula is premised on Quebec retaining its current share in the House of Commons. In this sense they are only marginally better than the Liberals. However, the Conservative, led by that dolt Brown, are also calling for an "effective" senate. In this sense they are million times worse than the Liberals. A more representative House only means something if it is not diluted by the monstrously stupid idea of a "effective" regionally representative senate.Kobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407275645274060038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-5580169733613380232011-11-16T14:50:14.531-05:002011-11-16T14:50:14.531-05:00It is in extremely poor taste for the Liberal part...It is in extremely poor taste for the Liberal party to have a Quebec MP fronting this. Quebec won't move off 75 seats and is demanding an un-representative democracy. Does the Liberal party officially support that position? If so, and considering the Conservatives already have a majority without Quebec, I can hardly wait for the next election where the 'new' Liberal leader can once again explain to the West why they don't count. I bet there are already ads in the can ripping the NDP on that.The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.com