Surprisingly I am more than a little wounded by this.
— Tertiary Person-#ChooseForward 🇨🇦 (@kaythird) September 22, 2021
Proportional representation anyone?Did Canada just get broken up with by text?
— Dion Freeman 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@dionbfreeman) September 22, 2021
Well observed!Yeah. This just firms up my 'Not a chance in hell I would ever support PR.' pic.twitter.com/J9y1aOSEz1
— Danika Dragomir (@NikaDragomira) September 22, 2021
I’ve asked many people why they say Trudeau is divisive. Not one has been able to answer. I can only assume it’s because they don’t want to admit they want him to tolerate their bigotry. #cdnpoli https://t.co/CzPnW8nU74
— Justice.Happy is 96% vaxxed!!!! (@Happyjustice4) September 22, 2021
Funny:Imagine spending years calling a guy an idiot former drama teacher who is completely incapable and corrupt.... and then losing an election to him three times with three different leaders.
— Dylan (@LDTG117) September 22, 2021
OMG—this vaccine info Family Guy clip is amazing! Get #vaccinated before we get more variants!
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 22, 2021
HT @FamilyGuyonFOX @SethMacFarlane #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/cYTLlrCbR0
Please enjoy my #elexn44 cartoon for Thursday's @TorontoStar #cdnpoli #Elxn44 pic.twitter.com/kj8LxRW5fB
— Theo Moudakis (@TheoMoudakis) September 22, 2021
I’m sick of killing people with kindness, I want to kill them with all of this pent up rage.
— Annie the Nanny (@AnnietheNanny1) September 21, 2021
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Having just browbeaten Australia into dumping their $50 billion contract for 12 submarines from France, to be replaced by 8 nuclear powered US ones, old Joe Biden had to put a salve on US/Australian relations for the general public there.
There is one big fuss down under about those subs right now. The change of sub supplier also comes after Australians were warned by the US that any cosying up to China, where the vast majority of Australian exports go, effectively choosing them over the US, would make Australia an enemy of the US. Those words were indeed used. Thus, the headlines down under revolve around Australia being blackmailed to buy US weaponry to "protect" itself from the US.
It pays to read a bit more widely than your average Canadian progressive pontificator does, which is to say, we are a bunch of navel-gazers, not much interested in anything beyond our borders or those of the USA. Uninformed and content to be that way.
BM
That proportional representation chart is just BS. Countries that use PR, including Germany and New Zealand, have a minimum vote cutoff of 5% to prevent fringe parties from hijacking parliament. Since the PPC didn't win any seats and didn't reach 5% support, it would get no seats under PR. You'll also note that PR greatly reduces the influence of a regional party, like the Bloc.
The real reason the Libs hate PR is that it will almost always see them sharing power with the NDP. They hate that more than anything, which is why JT called an election when a majority seemed in reach.
Cap
That's interesting about proportional representation, I hadn't realized how it worked. Thanks for the info.
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