This is an old recipe for many democratic nations around the world. They have been working and preparing this recipe for decades and have never burned the results. We are sure Canada is ready for a new taste.
So are you ready?
What you will need:
1 House of Commons
1 Senate
As many political parties as you want, but a minimum of two. Actually the more the better, after all everyone has different tastes!
1 large block of Proportional Representation
1 block of a willing electorate
1 unbiased media (look hard as most are being hoarded by a few moguls; we recommend the internet) Vive Le Canada, uberCulture and Dominion brands work best.
1 campaign financing reform (make sure you buy the new CDM brand that does not come with corporate or special interest money)
Copies of the Bank Act, NAFTA, and Elections Act; these will be used for the dessert and flavoring for the main dish.
First step: Preheat your House of Commons and Senate. Grease your pans with the campaign financing reform. Grease them well as many politicians will surely stick, as they like the old way of taking money from corporations and special interest groups. Especially watch your PCs, Alliance, and Liberal Party members.
Second step: Take your Elections Act and change it to a real working model. This may take some hard work but you will enjoy the end result; so scrub hard! Ignore the Liberal Party; they will be doing everything they can to ensure you do not rework the Elections Act.
Third step: Once your House of Commons and Senate are heated, add that block of proportional representation into a mixing bowl. Now mix well until both Houses can be elected by a method that brings fairness and no bitter aftertaste. Be prepared to have more voters turn out than the usual 60%.
Fourth step: Once you have prepared the Houses pour them into the willing electorate preferably around election time. At this time the unbiased media will be taking notice. Not much to do here but stand back and wait for the effects of the cooking procedures as highlighted by the media.
Fifth step: This is where you get to enjoy the fruits of your labour. Take the media braised election highlights and take that to the polls. Once the election process has been decided move everything back to Ottawa for enjoyment by all Canadians. At this time you can add in the Bank Act, NAFTA and all the other acts and regulations that badly need changing.
This recipe only needs to be prepared once and it will serve all your Canadian guests long into the future.
Enjoy!
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Dave Ruston
Oh yeah, unlike PEI, only 55% (!!!) of eligible voters voted. That means that only about 25% of the voters voted for the Liberals, but they got 70% of the seats.
What a joke.