Meeting with the electorate and taking questions.
Apparently there are some Canadians who think that isn't his job unless he's campaigning. I thought he is a public servant and should be taking questions.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-london-town-hall-1.4483274
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Yes and he's responding to hecklers in a not-retaliative way so...
ReplyDeletePeople really hate the skills teaching gave him.
Come down here and see a head of state worthy of being heckled. In fact Trump's statements, for all purposes, are heckling.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the people making negative comments would love to live in Trump land or import Trump to Canada. They don't seem to understand by 2nd gen people do integrate and Canada relies on immigrants to keep our CPP going...unless the whiners would like to force their kids to have more children to provide for their retirement.
ReplyDeleteI don't support Trump no, but I can not wait until Trudeau is made a Drama Teacher again. His tenure as PM has been a clown show.
ReplyDeleteI would like to attend the townhall when it comes to Edmonton, although I probably won't. I would like to know what he's doing (as in directing) for the workers being screwed over by the Phoenix pay system. I know his is an inherited problem, like Khadr but these people's lives are being long term disrupted.
ReplyDeleteAt least he's willing to go out and be heckled. Harper visited our city a couple of times during his reign, and beyond one handshake session at an air show, every trip was closed door, no media, and nobody in that room who wasn't a vetted party member.
ReplyDeleteNo PM is ever going to be universally liked, or agreed with. It's part of the job. I just thank the universe that we don't have a Trump show in Canada.
With regard to his statement about electoral reform, I do want to get rid of the first past the post system. However, I want to replace it with something much better. I don't want to settle for something else just because it is not FPTP.
ReplyDeleteThe tricky thing about replacing the electoral system is that it is not just about picking something else. All existing electoral systems used to elect governments have some inherent issues as identified by Kenneth Arrow in around 1950. I don't want us to replace the system and then feel like we moved sideways instead of moving forward and then want to change it again.
Canada needs a few decades of Sortition
ReplyDeleteThat's a tough sell. We'd have to be our best person while in charge.
ReplyDeleteBe hard to do worse than the last few....
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ReplyDeleteI've maintained for over 20 years now that the problem with the political system is the party aspect. Imagine a government run by 338 INDEPENDENT MPs. PM elected individually, a bit like the US does it, but more of a chief negotiator role ... where every bill put forward is essentially a private member's bill. Each voted on and passed or failed based on individual MPs doing their job of representing the constituents of their ridings - instead of representing their parties back in their ridings. It would kill the paid lobbyist - because they couldn't buy a party leader into telling everyone else how they will vote. They'd have to buy off 169 individual votes - much harder to do. The PM could then choose a cabinet from ANY sitting member, not just those of their party. Put the best elected bodies in the positions to do their best work.
ReplyDeleteIt'll never happen, because the party system is too entrenched, and there is far too much money invested in that system for the people in it to even consider uprooting it.
Maybe there's something to be said for making it a bit like jury selection ... and every person of legal age gets called up to do their duty as citizens for a term. Something that changes up all the ways the system is currently open to abuse and corruption.
Look at any system out there - parliament, the US setup, or just about any elected government system in the world. The fundamental PROBLEM with each one of them stems from the political parties. They make government very much an us vs them mentality ... instead of having a few hundred people who are all part of the same team. Some would argue that it's required so there are "critics" on the "other side" of issues - but really, there are always critics within any group ... even on the same team. (Look at the Tea Party republicans for an example.) The idea that to be critical of legislation means you must be opposed in principle to EVERYTHING the other side does, even if it's good, is a huge problem to having good ideas see the light of day. It's always about scoring points for the party - or points against the other party - instead of finding wins for the country/province ... which is what they are all REALLY elected to do. At least in an ideal world.
Chris Pollard I would be nice to be able to do away with the party system. I think it is difficult because many voters vote for a party more so than for an individual. Also, the party system in Canada puts so much power in the hands of a party leader. The leader has the final say on whether anyone can run for office under the party's banner. It makes it difficult for any party member to publicly oppose the party or the leader. Without the party behind you, it is difficult to campaign and you lose support of the party's brand.
ReplyDeleteGene Chiu Exactly why it is a bad and flawed system. Well said.
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