Talk:Canadian political party system
The body is small so I've moved it all here:
- Canada's party system is characterized as a two-party system in the disguise of a pentapartito system. It is quite stable and pragmatic.
I haven't looked two-party system , but I have read one of the wikipedians original works on voting systems, so I have a high degree of confidence that this is a stable well thought out entry. :-) That makes me happy to write :-) Can't wait to go there. Is pentapartio some kind of pentalectic jargon? ;-}
Political party system:Canada entry must acommodate:
- CCF and NDP
- Credites --that's bad spelling.But they were around for 50 years and held the balance of power during Joe Clark's minority government
- PC wipe out under Kim
- PQ the Bloc and new emerging forces in Quebec
- the rise of regionalism and Reform
- the first democatically elected one party state.(Atlantic Canada 1980s))
Just simply the doling out of patronage makes this arrangement more dynamic than a two party system. Thats why there is so much hoopla about uniting the right. Who wins passes out the spoils. Because the Canadain Prime Minister is one of the most powerful politians in the world combining unparralled Executive and Legislative authority a skillful pragmatic centerist has all the tools and levers off power to navigate changing currents of public opinion to victory in carefully timed and stagemanaged elections.
- The parties closely coordiate with each other re: policy making. They reflect more of the zeigeist than the particular political ideologies purported to govern the party.
Working together is built right into the committee process; usually however, only government bills are given hearing in the house. When push comes to shove passing legislation : closure is invoked and every member goes on a time table of 15 minutes to address the issue before the vote is called. This article is a good start for a wonderful topic I would never think to start an entry about. Two16
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These articles on 'political party system' of the US and Canada should not exist. There is already a substantial article on Political culture: Canada, and there should be a like article on the USA, and both of them must cover the party system as an embedded part of that political culture. Any other solution is obviously wrong. Most of what you say above is ALREADY IN THAT OTHER ARTICLE, please read it.
Hey 142.177.972.15
May be you didn't read:
"... a wonderful topic I would never think to start an entry about."
I simple arrived here from recent changes, looked at the article and left my comments. If this article "should not exist", it should get nominated for deletion. There is almost no information in the article so it is a no brainer for deletion: nothing will have to be merged. It would have been a help to me, if you had wikied that Political culture:Canada title cause it would save me time going there.
I'm sorry that you felt the need to shout "...already in that other article..".
I'm not familar with the process to nominate this page for deletion, could you take care of it for us. I promise that I will learn how to do it on monday.
Its flattering that somebody thinks my prose deserves to be in an encyclopedia article. They were, however, written as comments on a talk page. I do not consider them writtten in the style of an encyclopedia. I do not consider them to be encyclopedia quality. I was simply offering helpful comments about the writing of an article on Political party system:Canada.
beyond that
If this stub is developed in a fuller form in another article, then it needs to be nominated for deletion. Its death would be quick and painless, with no need to merge. Boy, I wish 142.177.97.215 had given us a link to that Canadain political culture article. It would make thinks faster and easier in this circumstance. And think if it became a habit of mind, how much time could we earn for others to write brillant prose.
142.177.97.215 why don't you take care of the nomination for deletion and put a message here saying that you've done so. After all, you were the one who brought the duplication to the attention of this page and stated emphatically that this page "should not exist". Allowing people work on duplicated material would be a precious waste of time that could be better spent writing prose to last.
24.42.43.3 I have left a message for you on my user page.
Two16