RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:PackerMoemoney42 wrote: Moemoney42 wrote: TheBridge wrote: Moe, just as an aside, Stephen Harper was in power for 9 years and did not attempt to make any changes to equalization payments and there were reasons for not attempting to try to make changes or he would have proceeded.
Agreed I'm not making the statement based on political parties, just the comment that that's been the thorn in the side of much of the west regardless of who's in power.
Also what makes the west mad is most elections get called by the time the polls in Manitoba close.. even their votes don't really count federally.. we should have 2 representatives from each province federally so the elections are fair based on regional industries / values.. period..!
An auto worker in Ontario could care less about the farmer in the west.
A factory worker at Bombardier could care less about a fertilizer company in Sask.. I could go on and on but I think you get my point.. all these industries are essential for a strong country and should be represented evenly IMO..
Well Moe...you're mad because the election gets called by the time the polls close in Manitoba???
There's an easy fix: open the polls in the west hours earlier and close them hours earlier so they jive with the time in the east. I don't think you'd be too happy with that one though. Regardless of time, ON and QC population is 23.4 million people... AB, SK and MB together account for 7 million population. What time the vote takes place is not going to change that as long as we stay with the concept of "one man, one vote" in this country.
Your suggestion that each province get 2 representatives sounds a lot like the US Senate (the legislative body that has the "hammer" down there...nothing get done if it doesn't pass the Senate).
In the US 800,000 people in South Dakota have as much political power as 37 million people in California.
It's representation by real estate parcel instead of the number of people in the country. In municipal elections would it make sense that a single family lot have as much political power as a whole apartment building filled with hundreds of residents/taxpayers??? Maybe it's just me but I don't think so.