In the last post I talked about how political parties packaged their message to encourage voters to support their party during an election. The message is a product of research not of belief or party ideals which are often different. This is the main reason that voters think politicians aren’t telling the truth. Every political party has a idealogical focus. This simply means that the members of that party believes that Governments should follow their beliefs. There can be and often is a disconnect between what a party runs on and what the party ideals are. Continue reading “Are You Left or Right”
Democracy is defined as: A form of government or organization in which the citizens or members choose leaders or make other important decisions by voting.
We in Canada have the right to vote and are able to exercise that right with out interference. So why do forty percent stay home on voting day? Maybe they just aren’t into it or maybe they aren’t into to the political party system or the leaders. Continue reading “Democracy and You”
Most Canadians know we have a House of Commons and a Senate. Ask someone about the House of Commons you’ll get an answer for example: home of the spin doctors, say anything to get elected, you probably have your own less flattering description. But at least we elect them.
Continue reading “You Might Be A Senator”
Under our current system the Political party members elect the party leaders. About 5% of Canadian voters gets to decide who will be the Prime Minister of Canada, the party members. Up until now that means either the Liberals or Conservatives. So out of 27,000,000 voters only about 500,000 voters decide which party leader will be Prime Minister. That doesn’t seem fair but that’s the way the system works.
Continue reading “Why Do We Need Political Parties”
