Posted by octopusprime on November 7, 2004, at 20:37:38
In reply to Parliament in the United States, posted by Jai Narayan on November 7, 2004, at 20:27:20
parliament in canada is not all it's cracked up to be
in practice parliament:
* is only about 1/5 female
* under-represents parties with a broad national base (like the NDP, our venerable left-leaning progressive party)
* over-represents parties with a strong local base (like the successionist bloc quebecois)
* shuts down discussion on unpleasant topics by government fiat (especially when said government is a majority)
* is just as corrupt as the american system when it comes to handing out contracts to cronies (see the sponsorship scandal, the HRDC scandal)
* has a question period where questions are never answeredbah. i am not enchanted with government and politics.
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