POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Indian Act, Northern Canada
6 Dec 2016
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Fear of weak government does not hold to scrutiny. More difficult to replace executives coalition shifting instead of executive replacement. Does not eliminate phenomena o (cid:862)(cid:449)asted (cid:448)otes(cid:863) Size of constituencies: the larger the constituency the lower the cut off for entry to parliament can give fringe parties excess power (for example, israel) Party dominance and candidate selection: can lead to small number of people within party choosing candidates especially true in closed lists. Last election both lpc and ndp campaigned on electoral reform (although not a major election issue) Lpc appears to favour alternative vote/instant run off voting. Process of reform has been quite controversial, and lpc appears to be backing off. Allows for ranking of candidates in same constituencies as now. Critics claim this would favour lpc and increase distortion of vote. Changing electoral systems difficult because requires agreement on what problem is and how it should be rectified. Disagreement on terminology used to describe first nations people.
