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Dec
2
2008

Excellent little chart that compares the Canadian and American systems.

How interesting, that in Canada the head of state is the queen's representative (i.e., the governor-general), who is not elected but rather appointed (by someone who also is not elected), and that the prime minister is also not elected by the people, since the people only elect the members of parliament but not the party leaders, and the PM is simply the leader of the party with the most seats in the house of commons.

The Westminster System of parliamentary democracy: can't say I'm a fan. This is the alpha version of a less-than 1.0 version.

www.megginson.com/...whats-happening-in-canada
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Oct
3
2008

Critique of Harper's Conservative party for being contemptuous of cities and for trying to start a "culture war" of sorts between the salt-of-the-earth rurals vs those decadent urbanites. Sigh.

www.thestar.com/...509358
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  • Cities must be an issue in the federal election and are being ignored to everybody's detriment, a panel of urban experts said yesterday at the University of Toronto.
  • Canadians risk a damaging polarization between conservative rural voters and liberal urban voters similar to the divide between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S., argued Eric Miller, director of the university's Cities Centre.
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