Well, we didn't get much change with the city election in St. John's. First-time candidate Ivy Hanley seemed like a credible alternative to Danny Breen as mayor. She expressed a concern and willingness to deal with crime and addictions. Perhaps if she was more familiar to the electorate she would have won.
Many other democratic countries, the EU in particular, Norway comes to mind, there is a different way in which citizens select their governing Assembly. They first vote for different Parties and there will be many of them, (10 - 12 or more) and then for the individuals. The result seem to produce more cooperation rather than competition and conflict as we have here. The electoral system we have here is only exclusivly used in Canada and the US . It is used in one of the four assemblies in the UK. The rest of the world uses more proportional forms of election. Would that change produce more cooperation in this Province?
"The Guardian", from the UK, a free online newspaper, on international news, on many topics, sometimes has a piece called "The Long Read".
This is another great piece, and sort of a history lesson and template of what needs fixing here , and how.
Hope those now in power take heed, least we slide into what led to the 6 cent a day dole in the 1930s, and no elections for 15 years.
Seems you have a bit of a walking encyclopedia mindset as to NL history and the political system here.
20 years of writing, called the Bond Papers, suggests Bond was an inspiration for your thinking?
Well, we didn't get much change with the city election in St. John's. First-time candidate Ivy Hanley seemed like a credible alternative to Danny Breen as mayor. She expressed a concern and willingness to deal with crime and addictions. Perhaps if she was more familiar to the electorate she would have won.
Many other democratic countries, the EU in particular, Norway comes to mind, there is a different way in which citizens select their governing Assembly. They first vote for different Parties and there will be many of them, (10 - 12 or more) and then for the individuals. The result seem to produce more cooperation rather than competition and conflict as we have here. The electoral system we have here is only exclusivly used in Canada and the US . It is used in one of the four assemblies in the UK. The rest of the world uses more proportional forms of election. Would that change produce more cooperation in this Province?
The political and social problem is 100% not either party politics or the way we vote for people.
100% not that.
It's not about co-operation versus competition.
Both of those are part of the mythology used in NL to keep the political system ineffective for the majority.