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Justin Trudeau on why he abandoned promise for electoral reform
  • Probably worth distinguishing the cross-party ERRE survey from the LPC push-poll that was mydemocracy.ca.

    Compare as an example the quality of questions and their inherent biases:

    The former asked people to rate how much they agreed with statements like

    • Independent candidates should be able to be elected to Parliament
    • The current electoral system adequately reflects voters' intentions
    • Seats should be allocated in proportion to the percentage of votes received by each political party
    • Voters should elect local candidates to represent them in Parliament
    • The current electoral system should be changed

    Whereas the latter asked more loaded questions:

    • There should be parties in Parliament that represent the views of all Canadians, even if some are radical or extreme.
    • Governments should have to negotiate their policy decisions with other parties in Parliament, even if it is less clear who is accountable for the resulting policy.
    • It is better for several parties to have to govern together than for one party to make all the decisions in government, even if it takes longer for government to get things done.
  • Canada needs proportional representation federally
  • Its the same "power corrupts" story again and again. Karina Gould gave an impassioned speech on electoral reform (http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/house/sitting-64/hansard#Int-8963139). But after replacing Maryam Monsef as Minister of Democratic Institutions, her views suddenly became far more simplistic. In a 2017 interview on CBC's Metro Morning, she was asked "Why is it important that people at the very least believe every vote counts?". She replies "Because they do. … We literally count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, up to the majority that wins."

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    SD prompt: "Tim Curry as a Muppet"

    Ended up with a felt version of John Carpenter's Thing.

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    PSA: Dont forget to avoid round avacados

    When picking avacados to buy, aim for the ones that are longer than they are round. If it's as round as an orange, you're going to get this kind of all-pit bullshit.

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