Reply #44: Elections are not a cure-all [View All]

[Maple]

and voting is no guarantee of great results.

When you look at some of the dipshits that have been elected over the years, you'll realize that 'the voters' don't have all the answers either.

The Queen is the head of state, not the GG, and we aren't about to have an elected monarchy.

The 'party in power' is put there by the voters though, and we put them there because we think they have the right ideas and policies to run the country. We 'trust' them, in effect, to make the laws that govern everything about our daily lives...from minor stuff to life and death issues. So trusting them to pick a GG is hardly a crisis. They don't pick one 'on a whim'. It involves months of possible choices and vetting, and isn't dependent on candidates for GG running campaigns and doing the BBQ circuit gladhanding everyone.

What would a GG campaign on anyway? The GG must be non-political, and have no platform or agenda. They symbolize the nation, to us and to the world, and are meant to be above politics.

Canada is not a colony, it's no longer even a dominion. It is an independent country. And we got that way without wars...against external or internal foes. Stability has always been a strong point with us.

If Canada were a republic, with an elected senate, we would become part of the US in short order. Thank you, no.

The US has it's own problems...a Dem Senate and a Repub Congress...or vice versa...can produce gridlock. Votes can be changed by offering goodies...vote our way on this measure and we'll see that your district gets....and then the prizes are handed out.

No method of governance is perfect. They all have problems, and while I'm not a monarchist, I prefer this method to others.

I also don't want 20 or 30 different parties in Parliament...that's a pizza parliament and nothing would get done.

Govt's need to act quickly on occasion, and that's no time for long drawn-out discussions searching for concensus, and horse-trading all the while.

At the moment, if you don't like the govt, you can vote it out within 4 years or less.

Parliament, while not perfect, has worked well in the UK for centuries. You can see on here how difficult it is to run a republic.