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Have always struggled with how political systems both federal and provincially the pendulum swings from good to bad and in the end we as taxpayers suffer the consequences. No party holds my vote and I swear that politics has become a game of deceit, smoke and mirrors for snake oil salesmen to sell us that they are helping us while furthering their own agendas.  
My proposal is we loose the archaic party platform that is remnants of history from the commonwealth. How about a regional representative elected by the populous who can be recalled at any time.  
NO party alliances to sway votes, 1 region, 1 seat, 1 vote as constituents wish.  
Abolish the senate and use new found money to replace and repair an aging infrastructure.  
Open tender all Government work for everything from sweeping the halls to large projects.  
While I do understand some of this will upset some for the most part I invite all thoughts or comments, support or no support for exploring this idea.

"I swear that politics has become a game of deceit, smoke and mirrors for snake oil salesmen to sell us that they are helping us while furthering their own agendas. "  
 
I don't imagine that this will ever change LOL. Politics always have been and always will be corrupt in some way or another.  
 
I'm not sure if I am misinterpreting what you are saying but from my understanding the reform you are asking for would be a nightmare to implement, if even possible at all. Not to mention that it would negatively impact representation. Electoral divisions are far from perfect but asking an entire province to vote for one person seems like it's asking for disaster. Our party system is much better than the United States at any rate.

Political smoke/mirror, deceit, all that which you describe is neither new, nor is it a result of our particular form of government. It's simply the nature of politics, in all it's glorious incarnations (democracies, republics, empires, kingdoms, fiefdoms, etc). People have been complaining about the same things you are essentially since there was government to complain about (so, maybe 10 thousand years?).  
 
Some of the oldest samples of handwriting we have, cuneiforms, from ancient Babylonia, has to do with government, as yes, apparently some have to do with complaints about government!  
 
That's not to say government doesn't and can't change - it rightly should and can - but I'm unconvinced what you're proposing is an amelioration.  
 
The ability to recall, while appealing on some levels, would and can lead to relative chaos. You only have to look at how many PM's Australia has cycled through in recent years to get a sense of what recall legislation does.  
 
We basically elect regional representatives currently, and we're free to choose one that doesn't have any party affiliation should one chose to run. But look at how well that's worked in the Senate - supposedly all the "Liberal" senators have no party affiliation, yet they all virtually vote as a bloc. I can't think of a single country that has a functioning government with "no party affiliation". I suspect that in the absence of affiliation there is the risk that they can be influenced by outside entities more easily, as there would be no "party line" to toe and keep them in line. Again, human nature.  
 
Tendering in the manner you describe is unsustainable. You would negate any savings (if there is any) by administering all those tenders. The golden rule of government is don't spend more administering programs that the programs cost in themselves.  
 
As for the Senate, I agree that it's time to seriously look at that. Can it be removed without rewriting a portion of the constitution? That part I don't know.

perfect political system, all have there positives and negatives. Is our system perfect, heck no, but better than many others including the US system. They are always in election mode and elect for everything. And that's where politics get dirty. Your always going to have those that loose an election question it, then forget about it when they get elected.  
 
Politics all through out human history has been the way it is now. And not likely to change. Your always going to have those with power and money making the rules. The problem in the US is when the electoral collage was created, the US was only a fraction of it's size and population. Since they also just broke away from Britain, they didn't want to use their system.  
 
I think like the US, we are stuck with our system. There would have to be a total takeover of the government (coupe) that ends the Constitution. The whole WEXIT thing will never get beyond Facebook groups and a minor political party.  
 
In your proposed system, your taking 13 representatives speaking for 32 million citizens. No that's not a good overall representation.

I would love to see a two party system in place as I feel that our political party's are very watered down! Too many party's and the votes get split all over the place. Two party system there is more accountability.  
Also, if you plan on running in a Federal election you must run candidates in all Provinces. To run in that Province you MUST live in that Province full time! That would eliminate transplants just for elections and then they are gone after. It would also eliminate a party like the Bloc (a Provincial party really as they do nothing outside of Quebec) to hold so much power over Canada. They will side with who gives them what they want and back door deals will be done such as jobs or funding.  
 
We will never get rid of the corruption in politics, as we see right now there is no consequences to the corruption, so until they are held accountable then there is nothing in place to stop them!

the Wexit party is out should it get formed since they are just a Bloc wannabe. And are catering to one region, Alberta and Saskatchewan.  
 
In a democratic system everyone should have a say and the i:ncludes a variety of different parties.  
 
There is one way to keep them accountable, vote them out!! The problem today is that there is too many single party voters, they will vote ___________ party no matter what. Their grandparents, parents, and other family always vote for ______ party, so should I. Right now political parties know that they can rely on there core base of supporters no matter what they do. If you want change, make the politicians know that there job is always on the line.

The US has the Democrats and the Republicans, their system seems to work fine. Yes there are some smaller ones but they do not get much if any attention.  
Canada has 5 party's.  
Having only two choices would probably get more voters out as there is more at stake as then every vote truly matters.  
It's hard to vote out a party when the election right now is over before it even gets to the Manitoba border!  
 
The part where I said that any party that doesn't have members in every Province would then i:nclude Wexit.

is that we never see any changes take place anytime soon.

hardly seems to work fine. They are talking about a multiple system, as its one side against the other.

we could strip the government of its responsibilities to the degree that is corruption has no meaningful effect on our lives. Of course, we'd have to take personal responsibility for our lives, and everyone hates that.

The US political system is a shambles and they should be ashamed of themselves.

We're stuck with a two-house system as it will be almost impossible to abolish the Senate.  
 
I suspect that there are ways to bring the provinces online to adjusting the Senate, but you'll never fully get rid of it. I wish the NDP would give up on that dream, the Supreme Court said it's not possible without provincial buy-in.  
 
You can however change the voting system. Contrary to what the Conservatives have past claimed, moving to a different system such as a Mixed Member Proportional only requires the passing of legislation. It does not require a referendum or a constitutional amendment. If the Liberals and NDP voted on a adopting a new system, we'd have one.

Do you follow American politics at all? You think their system works "fine"? You do realize that the Democrats and Republicans are one and the same do you not? They are both controlled by the corporations and share the same agenda. You do also realize there are more than two parties down there as well. Also, we have more than 5 political parties...off the top of my head: Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Bloc, Green, Christian Alliance, People's Alliance.  
 
Wow.  
 
Edited by Gussins, 2020-09-05 23:14:55