Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

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I'm kind of curious what they'll do in in Calgary next redistribution. It's big enough that they could start using riding names other than Calgary_______ but the city grew so fast, there aren't really any alternative place names to use. There's no equivalent to Etobicoke or Scarborough for Calgary is there?

Not really, no. It's incredibly difficult to name ridings in Calgary, because the city isn't really divided into large regions with a unique names (even Edmonton as Mill Woods). Rather, the city is divided up into hundreds of small little neighbourhoods.

Can they just divide into "North Calgary" and "South Calgary" or something?

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Are all these defectors going to run as independents, retire or join other parties?

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Probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard said in any countries parliament. Before I saw him defending the comments, I assumed he was having some kind of strange psychosis.

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How about on a provincial level? I know that Ontario are bringing in IRV local elections now.

BTW, how would changing the voting system work? Simple majority? Two-third? Referendum?

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Will Mulcair's stance on the gun register hurt him amongst rural voters though?

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Huh. I remember when everyone was running around declaring that the Alberta PC's were completely dead in the water. What weird end for Wildrose.

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Good news for anybody who dreams of living vicariously as a crooked, elderly Senator: Mike Duffy's fastidious diary has been made public.

I particularly am baffed about why Duffy was contracted to write jokes for the leader of the Scottish Democrats.

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Just wondering, but how would a hypothetical NDP government abolish the Senate. Would it be via a simple Act, or a referendum, or would the provinces all have to agree etc.? Would it even be constitutional to abolish the upper house in a federal system?

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Unanimous provincial consent for a constitutional amendment.

I see. So what are the chances of that? I assume zero?

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There are a few, but you'd honestly have more luck with a random number generator.