POL214Y5 Lecture 14: The Senate concluded/ Bureaucracy started
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Pol214 lecture 14 the senate concluded/ The harper go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374) for a(cid:374) ele(cid:272)ted se(cid:374)ate (cid:449)as (cid:271)ased on the new co(cid:374)ser(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e party"s origi(cid:374)s as the refor(cid:373) party i(cid:374) al(cid:271)erta in the 80s. Wester(cid:374) ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s thi(cid:374)k that ca(cid:374)ada"s de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y is fla(cid:449)ed (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause most votes come from ontario/quebec central canada. Intrastate federalism giving the smaller/outer provinces more input into the central government of canada. This would make the federal government seem more legitimate to the canadians living on the outside of canada. Reform solutions: a more democratic and legit senate, to balance the power of the house of commons. The refor(cid:373) party"s support for the (cid:862)triple-e(cid:863) e(cid:374)ate: elected, effective and qual. Albertans believed that there cannot be a senate reform without an amendment to the constitution: 7:50 rule was an agreement that would approve the amendment of parliament, having the approval of any 7 provinces making up. 50% of the population of all the provinces: al(cid:271)erta"s politi(cid:272)al ideas are i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed fro(cid:373) the u. s.
