tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post229116810219045049..comments2023-09-01T00:35:22.182-04:00Comments on Wilf Day's Blog: How big are the regions, under MMP?Wilf Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05546880754492040363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post-80264781731663201592015-08-21T00:26:52.910-04:002015-08-21T00:26:52.910-04:00Yes, Jim we need rules against Berlusconi’s “twin ...Yes, Jim we need rules against Berlusconi’s “twin parties” trick. I discuss this here:<br />http://wilfday.blogspot.ca/2012/03/how-to-get-to-fair-voting-system.html<br />Wilf Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546880754492040363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post-25918729234653564522015-08-21T00:22:31.416-04:002015-08-21T00:22:31.416-04:00Tom, the present criteria for riding boundaries ge...Tom, the present criteria for riding boundaries generally work well: community of interest, community of identity, historical pattern, and manageable geographic size. Ridings reflect existing municipal boundaries when possible. Similar criteria should apply to setting regional boundaries, and my suggested regions attempt to do that.Wilf Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546880754492040363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post-85936433172312749442015-08-20T02:55:44.742-04:002015-08-20T02:55:44.742-04:00Enlightening overview.
It would be nice to have ...Enlightening overview. <br /><br />It would be nice to have objective criteria for boundary drawing. <br />Maybe follow other boundaries, like city or school cachement, i.e, based on existing social groups to lessen the number of groups the MP must deal with, and the number of MPs the groups must cope with.<br /><br />tOMtOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656817640506831499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post-30185214675330183132015-08-19T03:08:44.774-04:002015-08-19T03:08:44.774-04:00Hi Wilf
Do we need rules to prevent gaming? As i...Hi Wilf<br /><br />Do we need rules to prevent gaming? As in One party just runs local candidates and a related party just runs list candidates? No more lists than locals? The locals make up the lists (I like that oone). It has a secondary effect of encouraging schisms of dominant local parties, so there would be both PCs and Cons in Alberta. Maybe Quebec Solidaire runs federally if the Orange wave gets to be too much.<br /><br />Jim<br />Jim Roothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010957757630122163noreply@blogger.com