how the US has clear separations of power between the 3 branches, and they all check and balance each other.

Doesn't help that our Judiciary is also appointed by the house/pmo etc..

I do quite like the fair representation of only 2 senators per state in the US. not a proportional rep based on population.

actually no. The separation of powers is very important. But in the United states their constitution acts as a limit on governmental power, We have no such restriction. The closest we get is the charter of rights and freedoms. and our Constitution act, only outlines who, how and what our governmental system is and the powers in it. there is no "you cannot ever" in it. only "you must, you can".

Also that senators are elected.. whereas ours are appointed, for life.

Ahh, yes I see your point. That is true.

I pipe dream of a PPC takeover, but I doubt it will happen. I fear things will need to get much worse before something like that happens.

Brexit is a good example of how bad things may get

before people start paying attention.

It does not help our system is almost designed to squash decentralized political movements.

I can't even vote for them now. My local candidate dropped out. Claimed that everyone they talked to would rather employ strategic voting to oust trudeau. Which is stupid, since we already were majority NDP in this riding.

I think you're right, it is 'almost' designed that way.

In federal politics, out here in BC, most of us don't care.. since we don't have the population to matter. Even when they talk about the WEST in canada, they only mean Alberta/Sask/Manitoba.. nobody in Ottawa gives a damn about BC 😛

aside: it's nice to have a place to discuss CA Politics.. people get so... weird when you try to talk about it.

Well we are the unwanted love child of British Colonialism and American Cultural Imperialisms.

Literally Satan to the rest of the Anglo sphere

(they just don't think of us like that because of all the moose and igloos)

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Canadian stereotype jokes are the best, I always get a laugh out of them.

i think most people get a laugh out of their stereotypes... just not leftists 😛

... tell me aboot it eh?

I've got some moose on the fire, the igloo is warm and my toque is dry. So i'm ready to listen to what you have to say. I even have some maple syrup on ice, oh shoot sorry, I should have asked, did you want some?

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Canadians, the second you give them a moment to talk politics, the gripe, then devolve rapidly into polite small talk and Canadian Stereotype jokes.

haha, or they have very strong opinions ..strong enough to write a letter.

I think the damaging thing to the PPC, is the climate change point. If they defer the responsibility to provinces, they should do just that. Max sticking to his (accurate) talking point of how there is no climate crisis was... a mistake IMO.

Arguing against *them* that they're wrong is not effective.

the issue is more how the crowd reads it, and in Canada that's gonna be poorly. He is right that "the end of the world" is not coming in the next 12 years or whatever it is this time. not to mention of Canada produced 0 Greenhouse gasses (not even net 0 just none at all) that's just a global decrease of 3% you know who make up ~60% of all greenhouse gas emictions? China, the US and India. 3 countries we have absolutely 0 control over

I mean, the us system was not designed to be nearly as centralized or democratic as it is now

what are we supposed to do exactly on this issue?

it was designed to be as decentralized as possible, but that slowly erroded over time

well, the 12 year thing is bullshit

polarized too, it was never intended to be a 2 party system either.

so is most of the hysteria regarding climate change

actualy if you read the anti federalist papers the two party thing was predicted

predictable, certainly. but not by design.

and most people who were litterate read both the sets of papers at the time (you would be supprised how good the litteracy rate was in the usa at the time to)

its inevitable

Yes, however much of that happened in the last 70 years. with the biggest increase happening after the assassination of JFK, and contueing into the Obama era

unless you go for proportional representation

(in the centralization of power)