POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Preston Manning, Western Alienation In Canada, Eastern Canada
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Pol214 s2 l2: senate concluded and beauracracy started. Harper and an elected senate: fixing federalism: democracy and federalism interact in ways that benefit canada, you don"t actually have to win to be in an election. Harper"s agenda: he was an elected mp for the reform party but he got into an argument with manning, quit, and came back as a. Pm and supported the alberta-elected style of the senate as it was considered a solution to the western alienation: harper said every time alberta has an election for senator, he promised to appoint the elected senator. He started loading up the senate with loyal conservatives (in agreeance to his reform act): the liberals kept opposing this because of the constitution and the old fashioned politics. Senate reform (since of course they would lose their benefits and power in hoc): and the federal liberal part opposed to it too; its power based in the hoc is central canada.
