CanPol - The only reasonable choice

[Flubber]

Sorry DP

[Wezil]

You make good points Flubber. Did you need to make the same points twice?

[Krill]

Quite a double post. 37:11 between posts. That has to be a record...

[Wezil]

That's what I thought. I was sure I had read and responded already.

[Krill]

Why not respond anyway?

[Wezil]

I think Flubber was just trying to boost his post count.

[Krill]

spammers. All postes should have atleast one sentence directed at another poster to avoid being spam. Like mine

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Wezil
You make good points Flubber. Did you need to make the same points twice?

When at work this site hangs for lengthy periods at times plus I sometimes get called away to work for a while. I apologize for the DP

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Wezil
I think Flubber was just trying to boost his post count.

Nah-- Never really cared what it was-- I post far too many multiparagraph and multi-point posts and far too few posts that make up one word or "I'll take a cherryade please"

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Wezil
Flubber - As I mentioned, I'm not a champion for the Senate.

I know-- nor am I . That doesn't mean we couldn't figure out what arguments could be made in favor of the current Senate. I just don't see much that would resonate with the public

Originally posted by Wezil
The other aspect of provincial opposition of course would be legal. As much as Van Loan claims the proposed changes are "modest and incremental" I think they are anything but. These would be serious changes and the courts may have something to say on the issue if the Feds don't get provincial support.

Well if I remember the pre- Meech debate and court stuff, the law was decidedly hazy on what was required to amend the constitution. I thought the decision was along the lines that the Feds could do it unilaterally but shouldn't.

BUt if I wanted to gut that opposition I would declare that the referendum would only be considered to pass if it got 60% overall, including bare majorities in at least 7 provinces.

Further you would say that the change would not occurr untl 7 out of 10 of the provincial governments had consented. But the hook would be that a province would have one year from the referendum to dissent, otherwise it would be deemed to be an affirmative. This prevents delay and puts it right to the provinces to be proactive in their dissent.

I would think that most provinces would rather have their voters picking someone than yet another lackey to the current PM. Nothing in a change to elect senators hurts any given province