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'Getting squeezed on both sides': Liberals a distant third among younger voters (www.ctvnews.ca)
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The federal Liberals are seeing a dive in popularity among younger voters, once the core of their base, falling 23 points behind the Conservatives by the end of August, according to new polling from Nanos Research.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I mean, seating in parliament is by party, and the government approved by the crown is all Liberal ministers. My local MP does absolutely nothing of note except occasionally campaigning and following the marching orders from his own party.

You're right, the powdered wig guys in Britian centuries ago probably were envisioning it that way when they wrote the rules, but that's absolutely not how the system works in practice.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    We certainly stand by the right to freedom of association. But that is, again, only of concern to those in the union. It's not of concern to the population at large. Our concern is only with picking someone local who we want to talk to on the regular. That is why we go through this hiring process, to select the person we want to talk to for the four years that follow, so that we will talk to them and not run away and hide from our democratic obligations. People have a tendency to do just that – that is, undemocratically never speak to their representative again – if they don't like the person, which entirely defeats the purpose of hiring a representative in the first place. Choose wisely.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The way it is in practice is the only way, and it's not going to change unless the system itself does. The rest is legal fiction.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Yes, we already discussed at length how the media focuses on the celebrities because people only care about celebrities. That is as true in politics as it is Hollywood or anywhere else. Such is human nature.

    But they don't matter. It's just entertainment.

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