[EM] Another PR method based on ranked ballots

[Stephane Rouillon]

The second chamber of Canada is the Senate.
Canadian senators are not elected, they are named to life by the prime
minister.
The senate only real power is to delay (about six months I think) some
legislature, even if officially they could block it I suppose.

Personnally I think the senate is obsolete and useless, but I am not an expert
in parliamentary dynamics...

S. Rouillon

Alex Small a écrit :

> Stephane Rouillon said:
> > I do not like super-majorities because the limit is artificial:
> > 55%, 60%, 66%, 75%
> > it leads toward changing the rule to win...
> >
> > I prefer two consecutive majority votes with an election between them.
> > This is how fundamental laws are changed for any assembly or union in
> > Quebec.
>
> That's a reasonable proposal.  I still have some qualms about raw
> majoritarianism, but for many situations I can see how it's a reasonable
> arrangement.  We have something akin to that for Congressional pay raises:
>  No pay raise takes effect until we've had a new election.  This is the
> 27th amendment to the Constitution.
>
> Interesting aside on the 27th:  It was proposed more than 200 years ago,
> and from time to time a state would ratify it, but it didn't cross the 3/4
> threshold until 1991 or 1992.  The people in DC had to huddle and consult
> some experts before confirming that it was in fact legitimate and legal
> (mainly I guess they needed to confirm ratifications that took place in
> various states more than a century ago, just to be sure these
> ratifications weren't apocryphal).
>
> Anyway, a question:  I've heard that Canada's Parliament is bicameral.
> Does the second chamber have any real power?  How is it elected?
>
> Alex
>
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