POLSCI 3J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Majority Minority, President Of The United States, Canadian Economics Association
18 Sep 2016
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No class on september 23rd, and november 17th. Underlined text signifies text written on the board. Honours issues in canadian politics and canadian public policy. Alumni job postings: what the alumni have been up to, their jobs. In a westminster parliament a majority government is strong and can pass more policy/bills. Considered to have more power (within own country) than potus. Trudeau - deal about making half cm women. True majority - majority popular vote and majority seats. False majority - minority popular vote and majority seats. Electoral reform: many citizens do not like the current system. System is believed to be unfair, bc votes do not always translate into seats. Trudeau stated that he would change this system. Town halls being held to educate and flush out concerns o. Fptp - produces strong government, but not representative. People thought great change, but is a normal vote historically. Goal: to make the conservatives the normal governing party.
