Since it is impossible to legislate honour.
And impossible to force informed consent.
And ridiculous to expect power NOT to corrupt.
And simply silly to expect regular Canadians to enjoy the study of 50-100 yr old documents.
I now propose that we 'raise the bar' on the percentage of agreement necessary to pass a law - 50%+1 is NOT sufficient. I propose that two/thirds be adopted instead.
My principal reason is to de-value the position of Prime Minister.
If ... it is not longer possible to obtain 100% control of the operations of Canada (Dom & Ext) by tricking 37-41% of the 60-65% of Canadians who DO vote ....
Then .... people won't bother to go to such elaborate lengths to cajole/convince the 37-41% at elections.
If ....it is no longer possible to obtain 100% control of the legislative agenda at elections (since rarely will one group/party/association/bloq obtain 2/3rds of the seats)
then .... elections will be about something OTHER THAN party platforms and the Leader's TV persona
If .... it is no longer possible to select-by-voting a member who "cannot do anything" because they're in the wrong/without a "political party",
then ..... the reasons for voting will change and the outcomes of voting will depend on the local candidate's platform and persona
Don't you think that would be better?
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